Kanglee00 Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 I caught this shrimp today crawling on my sand bed while feeding my fish and coral. It looks like a pistol shrimp because of the one large claw, but I wanted to confirm this. If it is a pistol shrimp should I remove it or let it be? I have a CUC and various LPS and zoas and I do not want to endanger any of those. Thanks! Link to comment
Christo Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 I caught this shrimp today crawling on my sand bed while feeding my fish and coral. It looks like a pistol shrimp because of the one large claw, but I wanted to confirm this. If it is a pistol shrimp should I remove it or let it be? I have a CUC and various LPS and zoas and I do not want to endanger any of those. Thanks! I believe its a pistol shrimp. They are beneficial as they will churn up the sand bed. It shouldn't bug your corals. I have one in my tank and its never bugged any of my coral. Link to comment
doctaq Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 this is anecdotal evidence at best but a few days after i introduced my pistol my peppermint dissapeared not all pistols pair up with gobies and even ones that do only pair up with certian gobies. i cant have any coral around the burrow as i recently discovered because they will get covered in sand Link to comment
Kanglee00 Posted September 11, 2009 Author Share Posted September 11, 2009 The one I found is barely 1/2" long and this is the first time I ever saw it in my tank. Link to comment
FallenMonkey Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Posted this on your picture of it in the gallrey, but w/e, its Zebra Pistol Shrimp, one of the species that dont pair with gobies. Mine got to about 5 inches long and killed 2 clown gobies, a hi-fin red banded goby, and 2 yellow watchmen gobies before I gave him to my LFS. Ya, I dont learn from my mistakes as you can see. Link to comment
lakshwadeep Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 How big is it? If you haven't had any problems, then it's a good addition to the tank and sand. Link to comment
PrincessLiLi Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 He looks lik hes saying "this @sshole caught me,if i wasnt stuck here i would bodyslam his ass" Link to comment
Kanglee00 Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share Posted September 15, 2009 This guy is only 1/2" long so I dont think he can cause too much trouble....yet. I already put him back in the tank and haven't seen him since. Now I am not so sure that was a good idea... Link to comment
FallenMonkey Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 This guy is only 1/2" long so I dont think he can cause too much trouble....yet. I already put him back in the tank and haven't seen him since. Now I am not so sure that was a good idea... Hopefully you have more luck with this species than me then. Link to comment
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