Amano shrimp attacking other shrimp

[Loumeer]

Does anybody have any experience with Amano shrimp in the same aquarium with dwarf shrimp.

I just turned on the lights and witnessed one of my Amano shrimp manhandle a dwarf shrimp like a piece of food. Dipped a net in to try and separate them and the Amano took off with the shrimp in his claws. I was able to save this shrimp but it's making me worried that this asshole is killing my shrimps behind my back.

I was always under the impression that Amano shrimp are aggressive scavengers but won't harm the other shrimp.

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[svetilda]

I've heard that they can kill and eat dwarf shrimp. Sorry! Maybe they need more protein in their diet?

[aquaprawn]

Mine are peaceful. They're good at stealing food though. They'd grab a food pellet and run with it.

[Soothing Shrimp]

Some shrimp require more protein.  You can try that.

I have heard of Amano snacking on smaller shrimp.  Those stories have not been very often though.

[Crackhead Johny]

I heard they were competently vegetarian.

Then here I heard they may eat other shrimp, so I netted them up and put them in another tank. better safe than sorry.

[sarah]

Definitely not vegetarian. Mine go absolutely nuts when I feed my fish/frogs live blackworms. They grab as many as they can all at once and really hold on tight to the little wrigglers. I would definitely not trust them with smaller shrimp or even fish fry.

[Loumeer]

Think I am going to remove them from my TB tank.  Those guys are too expensive to become midnight snacks.

[SOTG402]

15 hours ago, Loumeer said:

I was able to save this shrimp but it's making me worried that this asshole is killing my shrimps behind my back.

sorry to hear, but the last sentence made me laugh ha.

[sarah]

Just found one of my amanos trying to eat an almost-but-not-yet-dead tetra. Had to distract her with an algae wafer so the fish can die in peace.