Harlequin Tusk and shrimp

[FlopNewsom]

Had a fire shrimp and 3 cleaners. We recently added a harlequin tusk and one by one all my shrimp have disappeared. I also have a long nose hawk who has been in the tank with the shrimp for at least a year. Would you suspect the harlequin of eating the shrimp?

 

[huma-huma]

The harlequin is a wrasse, an a fairly large one at that.

 

[FlopNewsom]

And so it would not eat the shrimp?

 

[nikki_kaiser]

I was on another site about a month ago reading and someone else had posted that they added one of these and it went after their shrimp. I think he bought some other kind of shrimp or something to that nature and it ate those instead so I'm guessing he's your culprit. I will see if I can find the thread again or one similar.

 

[nikki_kaiser]

This isn't the thread I originally read but if you'll read down it says they eat crustaceans.

http://www.fishchannel.com/fish-exclusives/fama/harlequin-tuskfish.aspx

Sorry about your shrimp.

 

[FlopNewsom]

Thank you. He may have to go cause I really like the shrimp. I figure he's eaten bout a hundred dollars worth!

 

[FlopNewsom]

I read the link. Very informative. My husband brought him home cause he "looked cool". That's usually not a good reason.

 

[nikki_kaiser]

I love my shrimp too! My favorite is my red fire shrimp! He's very cool and easy going.

 

[bettaowner]

It's possible that the hawkfish ate the shrimp. Hawkfish are crustacean predators.

 

[FlopNewsom]

I considered that but they didn't start disappearing until tusk came. Now that I've read up on him, I don't think he's going to be good in my tank long term.