My Mangrove Jack just eaten his same sized yabbie tankmate

[Mjacky]

Hi all,

I've been following this awesome forum for a long time now but just decided to create a thread to share this crazy incident that happened in my tank.

My tank has a 3in mangrove jack with a similar sized blue yabbie and a couple of apple snails.

I introduced the 3in yabbie a couple of weeks ago into the tank and it seem to hold its own against the jack just fine, who occasionally nose it cautiously.

But today when I came home from work, I noticed the jack's stomach very bloated and thought it came down with a disease but when I switched on the lights, I found the yabbie's shells all over the tank.

In short, I know jacks are decent predators but this seem abit ridiculous.

 

[Bottomfeeder]

He probably waited until the Yabbie was molting. They are soft and defenseless then.

 

[Lunglover]

Beast of a mangrove haha, be sure to keep us updated on his growth, stunner in the making.

 

[Chicxulub]

Gorgeous fish! They have a beastly attitude and teeth to match.

Moved to Other MOnster Fish

 

[krichardson]

Yeah,awesome fish...I would like to have another but I have not seen them for sale around here for quite a few years.

 

[caribemob]

I have been looking for a jack myself. Hope some vendor turns up with some soon

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[Mjacky]

Its like an eager oscar with teeth. I still cant believe it has actually eaten that yabbie without choking.

Currently feeding him chopped market prawns and dried worms, not much success with pellets so far.