Pls help to ID

[Dinosaur]

Found it hidding inside one of the rock

[dradttg]

Look like an anemone shrimp to me.

[Dinosaur]

Look like an anemone shrimp to me.

definitely not ..........

[Fireclown]

It looks cute. Is that a pistol shrimp?

[metals99]

bigger than usual brine shrimp heheehhe

[Cleartank]

I think its a pistol?!!!

Might be a loster too!!!(FAT HOPE!!! )

Pistol are known to have a claw larger than the other!!!

Pistol Shrimp, Snapping - Synalpheus species

The Pistol Shrimp, Snapping may grow to 2 inches. Carnivore. The Synalpheus species is generally peaceful toward other tankmates. Reef-safe. Many consider the Synalpheus species a low-maintenance specimen. Not venomous. Algae eater, sand sifter. Claws will snap. Nocturnal feeder. Scanvenger that likes to sift through sand for food. Requires iodine for proper molting. Pistol Shrimp are the predominant crustaceans on the world's reefs... and so you are likely to run into them... they eat most all types of foods... and if kept fed will often leave other crustaceans and mollusks alone. Seldom seen, often heard... and the results of their "shooting" known far and wide... the alpheids can be easily identified (if you can find them) by their very short eye stalks and one much larger "pistol" claw. This specialized appendage is capable of punching holes in all crustacean exoskeletons, even many shellfish! Alpheus and Synalpheus species are the notable symbionts with Shrimp Gobies. Keep water quality high (SG 1.023 - 1.025, pH 8.1 - 8.4, Temp. 72 - 78° F).

Yours is a left hander heheh

[Dinosaur]

Fiuh......... no regret

Cos I flush it down the toilet bowl

[metals99]

wow death penalty haha

[Tanzy]

It's just a pistol shrimp. They are not harmful. You can pluck out the bigger pincer and feed the shrimp to your fish if you want.

[Dispar_Anthias]

Fiuh......... no regret

Cos I flush it down the toilet bowl

wah cruel sia

[SpiderOne]

It's just a pistol shrimp. They are not harmful. You can pluck out the bigger pincer and feed the shrimp to your fish if you want.

crueler

[JuzzMarine]

Hi all,

Does pistol shrimp make "snapping sound" ? I have 2 of those in my 3ft tank, some time I can hear sound coming from the tank, it does sound like someone "Cocking a pistol" or is it my imagination

Austin

[blu_surf]

Hi all,

Does pistol shrimp make "snapping sound" ? I have 2 of those in my 3ft tank, some time I can hear sound coming from the tank, it does sound like someone "Cocking a pistol" or is it my imagination

Austin

I think you have Mantis Shrimp in your tank.

[vincegoh]

I think you have Mantis Shrimp in your tank.

Same thing happen to me. There is always "snapping sound". Does it mean mantis shrimp? Anyway, I happen to see one yesterday evening. No wonder all my bottom dweller fishes died in a few days time.

Headache about getting rid of it. Any idea so that I need not take out all the LR? Any "gentler" fish that will prey on Mantis shrimp?

[DrJekyl_MrHyde]

that is a pistol shrimp ...i have one at hm too ......i caught it at east coast beach during low tides under the rock ...beware it will make noisy loud snapping sounds it will go around burrowing in your tank and topple your LR .... ....

[DrJekyl_MrHyde]

no small marine fishes will pery on mantis shrimp ... an adult mantis can break glass up to8mm just by snapping their pincers at the glass.

[vincegoh]

no small marine fishes will pery on mantis shrimp ... an adult mantis can break glass up to8mm just by snapping their pincers at the glass.

Is 2cm consider adult? If not, how big then consider?

thanks.

[JuzzMarine]

So is the sound made by pistol and mantis shrimp? I'm confused