Would a snowflake moray eat a cleaner shrimp?

[justinl]

snowflakes are specialized crustacean predators. so yes it is likely that the cleaner will be a snack and yes it happens. some people have had success by allowing the cleaner shrimp(s) to get well established in the tank before introducing a snowflake though.

[no_bs]

Our ribbon eel ate our shrimp.

[Griffin]

I bought a snowflake eel a few years back and loved him, would come out for hand feeding, would wrap around my hand and arm, very friendly and very nice to see when he was cruising the tank glass. He did however eat both my 2 cleaner shrimp in the first two hours of being introduced to my tank. He did not bother any other tank mates but make sure your rock is stable.

[whatcaneyedo]

I've had mine for over 4 years and I've never tried putting any shrimp with him. However after seeing some pictures I thought it might be possible but I guess they behave a little bit different in nature.

[JOEL]

He can and he will I lost mine

[injektion]

mine ate my peppermint shrimp a while back. don't see why it won't go for the cleaner shrimp

Originally Posted by Griffin

I bought a snowflake eel a few years back and loved him, would come out for hand feeding, would wrap around my hand and arm, very friendly and very nice to see when he was cruising the tank glass. He did however eat both my 2 cleaner shrimp in the first two hours of being introduced to my tank. He did not bother any other tank mates but make sure your rock is stable.

i thought you weren't supposed to hand feed eels lol

[justinl]

hand feeding of most eels is a bad idea. snowflakes are one of the pebble toothed eels... they don't have the wicked fangs that are what people typically think of when someone says eel. they can still do damage (not certain to what degree) but aren't as dangerous and are often more docile than their fang-toothed cousins.