Preditory nass snails??????

[ElGuappo]

just found a large nass snacking on my pep shrimp today .... is this out of the ordinary or are they predtory in some species???

[fkshiu]

Did he just molt? Nassarius snails smell death, so if he just molted (or soon will) they could be detecting some dead tissue. The shrimp could also be sick.

[outacontrol]

the snails are very quick to eat anything that is dead, so I am sure the shrimp was either already dead or very close to dead before the snail started eating it.

I have 7 large Nassarius snails in my 33 gal and they have never harmed anything, other than stealing food from polyps.

[ElGuappo]

thats what i thought.... thanks