Peacock Goby (Tateurndina ocellicauda) and inverts

jonny_ftm

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Hi,

I recently opened a topic in inverts section about my Nerite snails dieing.

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So, this topic is only to answer if the fish can cause it, not to discuss all the potential causes (discussed in the above topic)

Now, I'm figuring if my 4 Peacock Goby (Tateurndina ocellicauda) are causing these issues

All my Amano shrimps died, my trumpet snails can't do it, my Nerite snails die usually 48h after introduction (I kept 2 of them for 6 months before the issue began), my Horned Nerite too (Clithon Corona)

I noticed that their tantacles are missing too, or at least I no longer see them

Than I read this:
Fishkeeping - Caresheets - Peacock Goby (Peacock Gudgeon, Eye-spot Sleeper) - Tateurndina ocellicauda
Do not keep with apple snails as they have a tendency to attack their tentacles.

I remembered that, a few weeks ago, I took a photo of my fish attacking one of my Nerite



It keeps turning around it, and when the snails gets out of the shell, boom, the Tateurndina falls on the snail. But, I thought they couldn't harm them

Do you think these small predators fish could explain the destruction of all my inverts population? Also, when the snail looses its tentacles, wouldn't they grow again?
 

jonny_ftm

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Mar 5, 2009
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Hi,

I just read in a french forum that these fish can even extract the pond snails from their shells. They are also reported by some forum members to eat small snails with their shell :confused:

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I'm getting more and more convinced that this explains all the empty shells I see in my tank. I have these fish since about 8 months and their appetite to my snails begun only a few weeks ago, but hey, they also increased in size and became adults

If anyone can share/confirm this expierience, let me know