pistol shrimps

[xiggie]

what do u do if u have pistol shrimp in your tank .. keep hearing popping sound from tank caught 1 pistol shrimp but still got sound . think there are a few of them ... are the good or bad?

[aStRoBo|]

of cos it's bad..it will 'stun' ur fishes with loud BANG! make they pass out,and makan them..

[ASH]

Anyone had a pic of it?

My fishes seems to be missing recently Is it those which we call purple lobster with red dots?

Thks alot if anyone can post one pics here.

[Dispar_Anthias]

of cos it's bad..it will 'stun' ur fishes with loud BANG! make they pass out,and makan them..

Hey hey pls don't give wrong info...... Pistol shrimp are very reef safe and some even has symbolic relationship with filament goby..... Those that feed on fish are usually mantis shrimp and are the spearer kind. Btw the spearer does not produce the bang sound which the smasher does as the smasher has clubs on the both side which it used to prey open hard shell invertebrate.......

asreoboi, think you need to read up more before giving infor to others.......

[FuEl]

Some pistol shrimp do indeed consume fish and other crustaceans by attacking them with the sound waves they produce. Saw it on a documentary once...think it is 'Weird Nature' on animal planet. Saw a pistol shrimp knock a cleaner shrimp unconcious and pull it into its burrow to be consumed. It was the same size as the cs somemore.

I think whether or not a pistol shrimp will prey on your fish or inverts depends on the species and how hungry they are. I've got a thumb sized sri lankan tiger pistol..has never attacked my pipefish or gobies yet..not even my anemone shrimps.

I guess you will have to find out what species of pistol shrimp you have before you can conclude whether they are a threat or not.

[aStRoBo|]

Hey hey pls don't give wrong info...... Pistol shrimp are very reef safe and some even has symbolic relationship with filament goby..... Those that feed on fish are usually mantis shrimp and are the spearer kind. Btw the spearer does not produce the bang sound which the smasher does as the smasher has clubs on the both side which it used to prey open hard shell invertebrate.......

asreoboi, think you need to read up more before giving infor to others.......

i watch it on geographic channel!! they really make a loud bang to stun their prey wad! but i dunnoe wad spearer or smasher ar.. liewz..

[Dispar_Anthias]

Some pistol shrimp do indeed consume fish and other crustaceans by attacking them with the sound waves they produce. Saw it on a documentary once...think it is 'Weird Nature' on animal planet. Saw a pistol shrimp knock a cleaner shrimp unconcious and pull it into its burrow to be consumed. It was the same size as the cs somemore.

I think whether or not a pistol shrimp will prey on your fish or inverts depends on the species and how hungry they are. I've got a thumb sized sri lankan tiger pistol..has never attacked my pipefish or gobies yet..not even my anemone shrimps.

I guess you will have to find out what species of pistol shrimp you have before you can conclude whether they are a threat or not.

Yes they do feed on small hard shell inverts( big ones especially) but most likely not your fish.......

[garan]

what do u do if u have pistol shrimp in your tank .. keep hearing popping sound from tank caught 1 pistol shrimp but still got sound . think there are a few of them ... are the good or bad?

Hi xiggie, these thread may help you to understand some of the pistol shrimp.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/scateg....d=23&pCatId=525

[DrJekyl_MrHyde]

i have two pistol shrimp in my tank ....one is the local brown pistol and the other ine it a tiger pistol ...... they did not attack my small fishes like goby ....but i do feed them everyday ......... but the only problem i have with them is that they like to dig around and toper the LR in my tank .....so beware ....