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noirsphynx
01-08-2014, 05:44 PM
Anyone ever see these pistols before? I found them while dipping a coral. They're very tiny, maybe a 1/2" long
http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/tt191/noirsphynx/DSC_0004_zpseb468c0d.jpg (http://s611.photobucket.com/user/noirsphynx/media/DSC_0004_zpseb468c0d.jpg.html)
http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/tt191/noirsphynx/DSC_0002_zpsdaeaf503.jpg (http://s611.photobucket.com/user/noirsphynx/media/DSC_0002_zpsdaeaf503.jpg.html)
FishyFishy!
01-08-2014, 06:35 PM
Looks like a green banded pistol to me.
Look at the little fellas. Are you going to keep them?
toytech
01-08-2014, 11:58 PM
I had those , hitchhiked on some live rock . Stayed very small but where kinda noisy .Never seemed to bother anything so id say safe .
The Codfather
01-09-2014, 12:01 AM
I had those , hitchhiked on some live rock . Stayed very small but where kinda noisy .Never seemed to bother anything so id say safe .
+1, I've had these as well. They're freakishly loud for such small shrimp.
noirsphynx
01-10-2014, 01:54 AM
Cool, thanks. I'm going to keep them but just not sure if I want to release them into my tank or set something else up. I know I'll never see them again but it'll drive me nuts if I release them in to my large tank & they are loud and I can't find them to get them out.
Maybe there's more in your tank that you don't know about.
noirsphynx
01-10-2014, 12:42 PM
Maybe there's more in your tank that you don't know about.
I doubt it. I found these two in a rock I dipped at work.
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