phenom5
Member
hey all,
i was at the in-laws for turkey dinner...my father-in-law wanted to show me something he's come across in his 125g. he recently added some LR...he had his tank as a FOWLR for the last ~81/2 years, but my reef tank and a vacation to the Keys has renewed his interest in his tank and he wants a reef...anyway, so he added some LR about 6 mos ago, and some coral packs here and there. so tonight, just before we left he fed his tank to see if the thing he's come across would come out. i ended up getting a pretty good look at it with his diving light...it was really small and pretty skittish (spell?). it was red, had one enlarged claw...looked like a mantis to me. now, i know that you guys can't ID it from that description, but i looked at that page thats linked in the sticky thread in this forum. i noticed that page mentioned 500+ species...so where do i begin? are there mantis species that stay small and are harmless? do pistol shrimp hitchhike in on LR very often? cause it could be a pistol shrimp, i'm not sure how to tell the difference...
basically, i'm just trying to figure out what this is, and figure out if my father-in-law should be would worried it. his attitude is...its so small and timid, it can be harmful...
thanks for any help you guys can give, sorry if this doesn't make sense...had some wine with the turkey.:smokin:
i was at the in-laws for turkey dinner...my father-in-law wanted to show me something he's come across in his 125g. he recently added some LR...he had his tank as a FOWLR for the last ~81/2 years, but my reef tank and a vacation to the Keys has renewed his interest in his tank and he wants a reef...anyway, so he added some LR about 6 mos ago, and some coral packs here and there. so tonight, just before we left he fed his tank to see if the thing he's come across would come out. i ended up getting a pretty good look at it with his diving light...it was really small and pretty skittish (spell?). it was red, had one enlarged claw...looked like a mantis to me. now, i know that you guys can't ID it from that description, but i looked at that page thats linked in the sticky thread in this forum. i noticed that page mentioned 500+ species...so where do i begin? are there mantis species that stay small and are harmless? do pistol shrimp hitchhike in on LR very often? cause it could be a pistol shrimp, i'm not sure how to tell the difference...
basically, i'm just trying to figure out what this is, and figure out if my father-in-law should be would worried it. his attitude is...its so small and timid, it can be harmful...
thanks for any help you guys can give, sorry if this doesn't make sense...had some wine with the turkey.:smokin:
unfortunately one of the species of pistols that wont cohabitate with a goby but a great addition nonetheless
