Mantis or Pistol Shrimp?

[Whatigot]

I just feed my tank a revolving door of mysis, brine,blood and coral frenzie with salifert pellets every now and then.

I talk a little about it in my tank journal as I was pretty concerned for a little while as I thought my tank was unable to host anything but pistols.

If you didn't hear them click, you would never know they existed other than the odd piece of LR that they have pulled out of their cave to enlargen it and left mysteriously on the substrate.

These guys will actually attack snails and my kent want when too close to their respective piece of LR.
They also appear to live in colonies as I have seen at least 4 in one piece of LR in my tank at one time.

They seem to be happy to scavenge at night though as I haven't lost any more fish and they click way less now that their is a better food source.


hey snaz, did you get your pod' from a member here?

[brizzo]

I hear lots and lots of 'clicking' from my tank, even in the other room.. I'm 90% sure its just hermits and snails smacking their shells against the glass. The other 10% of me wonders where my snails and hermits disappear to...

[Oscar]

Originally Posted by nazerine

I hear lots and lots of 'clicking' from my tank, even in the other room.. I'm 90% sure its just hermits and snails smacking their shells against the glass. The other 10% of me wonders where my snails and hermits disappear to...

What would entice them to smack against the glass? Trying to escape? Signal the mother ship?

[brizzo]

I find its mostly when they're fighting against the flow in certain areas.. they cling up against the glass, waddle *clack*, waddle *clack* on the glass.

With every little smack, they are slowly weakening the tank.... TO ESCAPE!.. Maybe I should put a tv in front of the tank and play finding nemo for them...

[Snaz]

Originally Posted by Whatigot

hey snaz, did you get your pod' from a member here?

I don't think he was a member, it was listed on Craig's list. I love it.

I think I saw my clicker today, two banded legs were sticking out of a hole in the LR. I'm glad it is not a mantis!