sulawesi shrimps getting lesser...

[XiaoWuGui]

Does anybody sulawesi shrimps gets lesser day by day?
I have bought about 30 of mixed kinds. With a few dead where I have removed, there should still be about 20+. But it seems like 1 or 2 goes missing in a few days.
Yesterday night I counted 16. But today, which is less den 7hrs, I have 15.
And a few of them missing were actually pregnant.
no dead bodies could be seen also.
I do drop a few pellets of food for them everyday and they always finish it overnight.

Anybody can help with advice..

[Cristiano]

Either they are hiding or they are eaten by others.
Do you have any fish in your tank?
If yes, then that should explain it.

Sulawesi shrimps death rate is super high.
I bought 50+, now left with 20.

[XiaoWuGui]

There is no fish in the tank. Only sula shrimps and snails. Don't think there is any hiding place as I only have a rock.
But overnight a healthy one can just be eaten till nothing is left?

[oiishi]

The snails must have eaten the dead bodies. Sulawesi shrimps are highly sensitive.

[hellomyfriend]

i think a few hours is enough to eat till nothing is left

[Emokidz]

Yup, the snails could have eaten the dead shrimps. THey won't harm the live ones though.

[niv]

Can snails actually devour the dead shrimp so fast?

[hyun007]

Can snails actually devour the dead shrimp so fast?

Depending on the kind of snail, size and how many of them.