[Ladydi919]

After posting this question in the wrong forum, I thought I'd repost here. I watched my tomato clown try to kill my last out of three peppermint shrimps late last night. My last remaining peppermint had just molted. The tomato clown attacked as if it sensed it had just molted and went in for the kill. If I hadn't tapped on the class and startled the fish, my peppermint would be dead. Is there any rhyme or reason as to when these shrimp molt? Is there anything I can do to prevent this from happening in the future? I've grown quite attached to this shrimp. He keeps my LR clean and has quite a little personality.

[glampka]

Normally they molt when their growth is such that they can no longer live within their "shell". They will also molt if stressed.

[sigsauer]

Make sure the shrimp has plenty of places to hide from predators while molting. If you can rearrange the LR or buy more to create little caves that he may be able to use for protection.

[crabyman]

All shrimp molt, and they do it quite frequently. Obviously your clown has gotten a taste for fresh shrimp so about the only way your going to save the little guy is to remove the clown. I had a small 3 inch hawkfish who was really dwarfed by a scarlet cleaning shrimp and as soon as he molted, he tore him apart! starting with the eyes. Lesson learned.

[Six-line Wrasse]

To be honest, I never knew Tomato Clownfish to be predators of Peppermint Shrimp.