Anemone Eating Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp


Recently I decided to move to a smaller, more manageable tank for my apartment. The move went smoothly, but still there was one casualty. While trying to snag one of my scarlet cleaner shrimp from the old 37 gallon reef, I accidentally netted him against the glass a little too rough, injuring the area where the abdominal segment connects to the carapace of the shrimp.

From that point, he survived the drive to the apartment where his new home was awaiting his arrival. One I acclimated the scarlet cleaner shrimp, he started to move slower and slower around the tank, until finally the current was the only thing moving him around until…my green bubble tip anemone caught him.



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