shrimp in sand bed.. friend or foe (pic)

[RonD]

here is a link to a picture of a shrimp I just caught digging in my sand bed.. good bad or ???

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v672/RonDronD/Aquarium/shrimp.jpg
(please just use the link do not hot link the pick up on here..thx)

 

[Crawling68]

Dead Link!

 

[RonD]

fixed, thanks for the heads up

Assuming that this is a mantis.. the total lenght of it is about 1" give or take a hair... How old would it be? and how quickly do they mature ?

 

[ATLDrtybird7]

it looks like a pistol shrimp to me

 

[kel5944]

I second the pistol shrimp. Itââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢s good generally. They can rearrange your rockwork though.

 

[RonD]

I posted this thread up in the new to the hobby section before here and they are saying its a thalassinid ..harmless. anyone one else want to cast a vote

 

[kel5944]

hmm, never seen one of those before, but it does look a lot like a thalassinid also. Do you ever hear clicking noises from your tank? I don't know about thalassinid, but I have a pistol shrimp and it can be heard across the room.

 

[RonD]

Oh I have a clicker alright. this little guy isn't responable for that though. I have seen lil red streak in my rocks on occassion.. I really want to catch that lil bugger but as so far he is far to smart and or not very hungry

 

[fras]

It does look alot like a pistol, but they usually have one claw quite a bit bigger than the other don't they? It's difficult to tell from that photo.
Definately not like any mantis I've seen.