Rampy Posted November 29, 2003 Share Posted November 29, 2003 I heard several clicking noises at night from my aquarium and I don't have any livestock on my tank or that's what i think just liver cok, anda all the life that it comes whit them, last night I head the click noise and I tuned on the lights and a I see something white, no color, hiding in one of the rocks, very fast, and another worm hiding in the same live rock, I haven't seen them never whit the lights on. What would they be? mantis shrimp? Link to comment
deacon hemp Posted November 29, 2003 Share Posted November 29, 2003 is it a high pitch click or a deep crunch click? high pitch is usually a mantis. Link to comment
Rampy Posted November 29, 2003 Author Share Posted November 29, 2003 its a medium sound jajaja Link to comment
Coral Dilema Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 If it was white it was most likely a pistol shrimp, nothing to worry about, get it a goby and they will be best friends. If it was a mantis it would most likely be green/blue with red patches . . God help you if you have one of these. Their are 2 varieties of mantis, a spearing type and a crushing type, the crushing type is easily capable of breaking the glass in your aquarium, depending on how large it is . . the impact of a large mantis shrimps club has been estimated to be equivalent to the impact of a .22 rifle bullet. These things are deadly. If you start to see your snails and fish and stuff slowly disappearing, you may have a mantis . . I would sit up a few nights and try to get another good look at it, just to be sure. Link to comment
Coral Dilema Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 Try turning on a very dim light over your tank if you can, like a 15 watt blue or red party bulb, about 2 or 3 feet over the top of your tank, take off the hood/canopy ifyou have one. This should be enough light for you to see but not too much to prevent the shrimp from being active . . a moonlight basically. Link to comment
smaug Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 go to reef central they have a mantis pro. how much lr do you have?? From what i have seen most stowaways are the clubbing varitiy and will not harm fish but anything in a shell beware. turning the lights out might work thier vision is at a whole different level than ours so good luck. i found mine by luck and then flushed him out with a baster and some fresh water into a ten gallon. he is almost indestractible. i feed him rarley and have never done a water change but he is still there. 8 months i think. Link to comment
Rampy Posted December 2, 2003 Author Share Posted December 2, 2003 I Just get out the LR where he was hiding it, and sumerge it in fresh water, today when i was shyponing the bottom I found The head and some pieces of it, It was descomposing, It was a mantis Link to comment
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