dissapearing snails
 

i have had my tank for 4 months now. i have 3 cleaner shrimp, 1 coral branded shrimp, and an army of snails. my army of snails has slowly been dissapearing, i dont think that this is a mantis shrimp because none of the shells are cracked just empty, and my shrimps are still alive. maybe im wrong in thinking that mantis shrimps crack snail shells to extract the snail, but does anyone have an idea of whats going on?

i did once see one of my cleaner shrimps eating a dead snail but i figured it was just old age that killed that snail. maybe i have evil cleaner shrimp.

Re: dissapearing snails
 

Could be the coral banded shrimp. They can be quite predatory, though I don't know if they go after snails.

What type of snails are disappearing?

astrea and margarita snails, i have some large strawberry snails, but they are doing fine

all of your H2O parameters ok? any large temperature fluctuations... anything else changed

Dano

Too high salinity?

Margarita's are cooler temp snails so check your temp. I lost a bunch of mine during the summer. They seem to start dropping when it gets over 79C.

JME

Anthony