re creature I found in the dark

[Leila]

my puffer would eat it

[Nihoa]

we freshwater dipped our liverock and flushed a pistol out. we didnt soak for very long and managed not to kill our coralline or worse all the bacteria in the rock. ive read a less shocking treatment is to soak in less saline water for slightly longer. its more gentle on the rock and will still make it uncomfortable enough for whatever critter is in it to vacate.

[bullit67]

If it is that fast is sounds like a mantis shrimp to me they are lightning quick kind of freaky how fast they can move. Oh yah if it is Mantis whatch your fingers they are not called thumb splitters for nothing.

[lobsterboy]

watch out that it doesnt climb out and get you at night, haha, just jokes.

[Leah]

Thanks lobster boy the tank is actually in my bedroom.
yuck anyone need a piece o rock nice coraline(free) you just have to grab it out.

[lobsterboy]

[marie]

Unless your losing livestock leave the poor critter be. We pay big bucks to put living rock in our tanks and then do everything we can to kill all the life off.

I had a mantis shrimp in one of my tanks for 2 years and barely even noticed him, he never hurt anything. In fact for all I know he may still be around I never did figure out why he disappeared