First Nano

Post by **snoopdog** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 12:50 am

If anyone wants my pistol shrimp, Alan may bring it to the meeting.

Snakeman · Post by **Snakeman** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 8:08 am

snoopdog wrote:If anyone wants my pistol shrimp, Alan may bring it to the meeting.

does it come out so you can see it. I have some in my tank but have never seen them. I just hear the clicking. I wouldn't mind haveing one if they would come out in the open so you could watch them.

Post by **snoopdog** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 11:19 am

The basically make there burrow where they want to. Sometimes you get lucky and they will make one in the front of the tank. Since Amy is sick i will not be attending the meeting. Alan is bringing the shrimp over today so after that he is fair game to anyone that wants to pick him up.

KrazyPlace · Post by **KrazyPlace** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 11:57 am

What do they look like? Got a picture? I think I have one, I hear him sometimes, but never seen him.

Post by **snoopdog** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 12:10 pm

You probably have a Mantis not a pistol. Pistol's make havoc on your sandbed and burrow. You will always know you have a pistol when your corals on the sandbed get sand on them and your rock shifts by itself from being undermined. A mantis on the other hand does not "pop" as loud as a pistol shrimp does and lives in the rockwork. Pistols only go in the rockwork when there is no sand to burrow in. Mantis are much faster than a pistol in terms of hiding from you and very intelligent. I had 3 mantis in my 75 gallon and it took 4 years to catch them all because they hid from my view that long.

Post by **snoopdog** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 12:11 pm

Here are some pictures

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/pistolshrimps.htm

Brandon · Post by **Brandon** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 12:47 pm

Maybe I could bring my mantis.. It could be like a prize fight.. place bets on the winner

Post by **snoopdog** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 2:08 pm

Cancel that on the shrimp. Allen(sp) brought him by and after talking to him i decided to revise the tank to house him. I am going to take the southdown out of the 5 gallon and replace it with either large grained aragonite or maybe crushed coral.

harbingerofthefish · Post by **harbingerofthefish** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 11:36 pm

awww...you like him. I'm getting all stuffed up. Either I'm way too emotional or I got Amy's cold.

Post by **snoopdog** » Sun Jun 20, 2004 12:42 am

Well lets not get too stuffed up. Came back to see the shrimp hanging out of the gobies mouth. I give up.

Post by **snoopdog** » Sun Jun 20, 2004 10:56 am

After waking up i see that it was not the shrimp hanging out of it's mouth but instead his "popping" claw only. The shrimp had dug a burrow and they were paired up. Hopefully he will molt soon and regain it. I can tell this substrate is perfect because he has completely dug a burrow and the tank was still clean.