Pistol Shrimp.
so far no mantis
I have at least 2 crabs as well that I've seen, one a gorilla and the other a mithrax of some variety.
I don't know who to blame for the death of my first fishies, maybe all of them...lol

Considering that pistol shrimp share/live in borrows with gobies I highly doubt they killed you fish.

only with shrimp gobies though, I have never heard of a clown goby hosting with a shrimp.
It's also not all pistol shrimp that form symbiotic relationships with gobies, some do not at all.
There are so many different kinds of pistols, even many that are unidentified, much like crabs.

The pet stores just generally only have the cave sharing kind as they sell well, if thats where you're getting your info...

bump, added some pics for all you to appreciate.
enjoy!

That is gorgeous. Nice work. I notice you have two royal grammas (some of my favorites). Are those two a mated pair?

I actually have 3 of them and the two smaller ones do seem to stick together.
I build this reef with the Gramma Loreto in mind because I love their disposition and I was nervous at first in putting 3 in a relatively small tank, but so far the two do seem to be courting and the other (who is twice the size of the biggest of the other two) checks in on the others occasionally and none of them are showing any aggression to each other.

so far so good, heres a couple more pics....
http://http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...quapics016.jpg
http://http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...h/IMG_0183.jpg

and a couple more....
http://http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...h/IMG_0185.jpg
http://http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...h/PIC-0006.jpg

and hey, why not a couple more....

http://http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...h/IMG_0192.jpg
http://http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...h/IMG_0190.jpg

and one more cuz i like this one....
http://http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...h/IMG_0200.jpg

Whoa guys, agreed that the picture comment was very out of line but lets try to not act like 6 year olds here and start treating each other properly. Whatigot, I love the last photo you posted what type of gramma is that though? You posted it as a Gramma Loreto but thats a "Royal Gramma" which only has two colors to it. The one in your photo has stripes?
Levi