do pistol shrimps kill inverts?
 

i've been seeing some empty shells lately. could the pistol be doing the killing? or is it my mystery wrasse...

yes they kill snails and eat them

I have a pretty big mystery wrasse and i know for a fact that he eats my hermit crabs and snails.

ive never seen a pistol kill anything. i heard they are territorial to other shrimps tho...

Haven't you seen this video?

[url]http://www.metacafe.com/watch/618719/the_pistol_shrimp/[/url]

(I blame my pistol shrimp for offing my cleaner shrimps)

I had a big one.. 7 inches and he snapped my thumb once...

Also killed a lot of my snails... seen the shells near his burrow.

He bit the dust when I did an interceptor treatment.

7" shrimp is un-godly!

my pistol survived my interceptor treatment.

My pistol lives with a cbs,a dozen Nassarius Snails,a few hermits, and two cleaners in a nano..it hasn't killed anything.

it came as a hitchhiker... I had two, and I sold one when I redid my 225 , but the other hid.

The one I sold was 7 inches and a big ugly green, nasty critter.

They do grow and get bigger.

franky, that is prob a mantis. haha.

I've had a pistol in my tank for a couple of years. Originally bought him to pair up with my yellow watchman, but sadly found out that I got the type of pistol shrimp that doesn't pair with any goby (the orange & purple one). Long story short, it had grown significantly in my tank and ate many snails, hermits, and even fishes. :sad2:

I should have took a picture of it.

He was so big you could have eaten him.

Someone on reef central bought him for $15.

He may still have him. But he did snap my thumb once... freakin hurt.

i bet. shrimp on the barbie pls

I keep a tiger pistol shrimp with multiple hermit crabs and snails and hes done no harm to anything.