****tal shramp or mantris

[slylie]

hmmm... ive had this piece of liverock in my tank for about 6 months.. since ive got it, ive heard 'klack! klack!' coming from my tank every night. for 6 months ive been waiting to get a glimse of the klack-happy critter but no dice, as of yet. I got fustrated one day and decided to do a freshwater dip of the liverock to see if anything would emerge... and nothing did...

BUT.. here are the observations ive made..

Reasonz why it might be a pistol shrimp:

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1. the 'klack' appears to happen only at night, and very often when my CBS is climbing on this particular piece of lr... at which time the CBS chooses another rock to climb on.

2. ive not seen any dead snails, crabs, or fish.

Reasons why it might be a mantis:

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1. pistol shrimps burrow in sand, not rock.

2. .... thats it.

 

[Kaiser_s0ze]

IT might be a pistols shrimp if ur not seeing any dead stuff

 

[mx250]

I have about 10 pistol shrimp, and all but one live in the rock (the other lives under it).

 

[dc]

My Tiger pistol is always in the sand, but the Red one is in the rocks a lot.

 

[slylie]

thanks!