sakuras eating their offsprings!

[shrimpbait]

Hi all! hope someone can shed some light!
i've got 12 sakuras, 10 crs & over 90 shrimplets in my tank, yesterday, i spotted one large sakura mauling a shrimplet! is that normal? am feeding them once a day, thinking perhaps am not feeding them enuf?
help!!

[Crystal Red Shrimp]

that shrimplet should be dead already before your sakura ate them

[Fuzzy]

Yeah I also think that the shrimplet was most likely already dead.

[globalcookie]

Not necessarily dead. The shrimplet could be sick/dying, or maybe it just molted and is weak, happened to be in the path of the adult shrimp, and got attacked.

A healthy shrimp/shrimplet won't likely turned into a meal for other shrimps.

Feeding twice a day may end up with other problems, where unconsumed food either attracts pest or rots in the tank and polute the water.

A possible solution.
Provide enough hiding space, with driftwood and plants. This not only provides hiding space but possibly helps cultivate micro-organism for the shrimps (food).

[shrimpbait]

thanks for the info!
Think shall stick to once a day feeding!