what plugs its' hole?

[OrangeKoi]

would a pistol shrimp plug his hole with a piece of rock? I found this round tubular shaped piece of LR about 1 inch long the size of your little finger beneath the rock my clicker is in. It was covered with detritus when I found it. Any clue?

 

[deelucky]

ive had mud shrimp as hitchhikers in some fiji LR and they always plugged up the holes with detritus

 

[DanInSD]

I've never known a pistol to plug a hole. I own a few, and they leave things wide open (unless the companion goby collapses the entrance).

OTOH, that piece of rock is WAAAY too big to be a "hole plug" for anything other than a monster mantis -- one you would definitely have seen. Think "pebble-sized" for most small smashers.

Dan

 

[Thurge]

I had a Caribbean Pistol use plugs. I know he would use shells and rock to make his fromt door smaller, and I think he even totally closed it off for a while.

I also got my boy Squirtle when he was living in a piece of hollowed out Tonga branch. It was about 1 inch in diameter and 3 inches long. He had "drilled" out the center and made a nice home, which he came with. It made moving him around very easy

 

[OrangeKoi]

Wow. What to expect from this rock?!

I'm not sure If I really want to find out.

I have to check nitrates today. They are bouncing around 7-10.

 

[Agu]

My tiger pistol shrimp doesn't plug his hole but my n wennerae mantis blocks the entrance to his lair.

 

[Ehudd]

My Small 1" Smithii could Easyily move a 1" piece of rock. with ease. It does not have to be a large mantis. I find my small one to make more noise.

 

[OrangeKoi]

My nitrates are at 5 tonight. I will wait until they are zero, but if I have a mantis(sounds like I do) would it eat sponges? or soft coral? How about feather dusters?

I'm missing a hitch hicker tonight. It looked like a fat little sponge. Actually there were two, one wasn't as pretty. I'm not sure what they were though but I know they were fleshy. When I put the rocks into the tank the little pieces had sort of petals like on top. Like a cabbage grows.

My clicker seems to have migrated towards their previous location in the tank as well.

Whooh!

What's next?

 

[justinl]

mantids don't eat corals or sponges. If the coral wasn't glued down or was small enough to move, a mantis might have relocated it.

im not so sure about feather dusters.