Never fails....

that sucks man, sorry to hear about that

 

I have heard of them being aggressive (unlike what a lot of the websites say). I had one with a maroon clown so they clown was alright, but I did see the coral banded jump it a couple of times.
It's to bad because they are one of my favorites. I don't know if it is true or not, but I heard it is actually closer related to a crab than a shrimp.

 

That's a big bummer........I think they're opportunists, I mean who can resist a tasy little fish if you can catch him?!

 

sorry to hear about your fish,i have had a midas for well over a year and i really like it. just thout i would share a story somewhat related. a few mounths ago i bought a young red coris wrasse and had him in a tank with two quarter sized hermit crabs. everything was good for three days until tragidy struck!! i had just seen the coris bury itself for the night. i then had a buddy stop buy and he said how is the coris doing,i said great. and i don't think it could have been more than a minute later,i saw one of the hermits stop about were the wrasse was resting for the night and to my total disbelief,it reached under the sand and grabbed the wrasse by the mouth and head and in the few seconds it took me to put my hand in the tank,it was to late.now on the other hand i have a purple reef lobster(some say not reef safe,some say it is)and i have had it well over a year and could'nt be more happy with it!