Nas snail ATE MY CLEANER SHRIMP!

R3verb

Time to add some coral!
So today I want to the LFS and, in an attempt to get a few more things in my tank, got a cleaner shrimp. I acclimated him for an hour and then added him to the tank. He seemed ok when he went in (maybe a little stressed but not much more). About a minute later, my medium nas snail emerged from the sand, went directly over to the shrimp, and tried to eat him!!! I was quick enough to get the shrimp out of there but I am pretty sure he is dead :(. I thought I did my research on this one! Nothing I had seen had said that this would happen! Any thoughts? Can I not have a cleaner shrimp in my tank? Can I get another one and maybe quarantine him for a night so he can get less stressed out? Some help would be great because I would really like to have a shrimp! Thanks guys!

Casey
 
Nass snails will only go after dead or dying animals, so it sounds like your cleaner was already doomed.

Im sorry about your luck with the cleaner :(
 
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