Page 2 of 2
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2004 12:50 am
by snoopdog
If anyone wants my pistol shrimp, Alan may bring it to the meeting.
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2004 8:08 am
by Snakeman
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.
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2004 11:19 am
by snoopdog
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.
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2004 11:57 am
by KrazyPlace
What do they look like? Got a picture? I think I have one, I hear him sometimes, but never seen him.
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2004 12:10 pm
by snoopdog
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.
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2004 12:11 pm
by snoopdog
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2004 12:47 pm
by Brandon
Maybe I could bring my mantis.. It could be like a prize fight.. place bets on the winner
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2004 2:08 pm
by snoopdog
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.
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2004 11:36 pm
by harbingerofthefish
awww...you like him. I'm getting all stuffed up. Either I'm way too emotional or I got Amy's cold.
Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2004 12:42 am
by snoopdog
Well lets not get too stuffed up. Came back to see the shrimp hanging out of the gobies mouth. I give up.
Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2004 10:56 am
by snoopdog
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.