pistol shrimp in my tank

[Kerofik]

for reasons inexplicable to me, my colleagues have introduced (or rather thrown) a pistol shrimp that was caught at punggol park into my tank.

initially it was really cute.

But now its just a bloody pest - (1) stirs up sand that irritate my corals. (2) 'Shoots' me when I come near the tank.

getting bigger also. im surprised it even surviced without acclimatizing. But seriously any idea how to catch that bugger? i really fear for my other friendly shrimps and my tank. Don't want it to shatter, or is that just a myth?

[hotsoup]

Drop a real pistol in loh

[Kerofik]

den lidat he will have 2 pistols.. with his own he already so trigger happy

[peacemaker]

Drop a real pistol in loh

A little but since you mentioned it, I'm just curious how a pistol shrimp will fare against a mantis shrimp...

[jackywongto]

what type of pistol shrimp issit?

most of them should be okay.

I just went to CF to get one today

Now to hunt for Yashia.

[Terryz_]

It will not shatter your glass... The clicking sounds by the pistol shrimp is due to the quick snapping of its claw which sends jets of water that create the sound... Will not go into details... LOL...

The pistol will lose to the mantis...

[jyoon]

Hi Bro

To catch a pistol shrimp, you can self made a trap. Use a 9/12 or 12/16 mm eheim rain bar and cap one end. Place this rain bar near to the pistol shrimp location, then inject some mysis shrimp thru the holes. It should attract the pistol into the bar. Good luck....

Use 16/22 rain bar if your pistol shrimp is bigger.

[yikai]

like terryz said, breaking of normal aquarium glass from a pistol is nonsense. it does create very high speed, and "hot" bubbles from snapping its claws but too long to type also. main thing is, they are quite harmless unlike mantis. i have 1 big wild one in my tank for a year and nothing happen to my ornamental shrimps. if you wanna trap it, it can be quite hard unless u follow the bait technique listed above. but make sure you know where it lives.

[Jameshong]

what type of pistol shrimp issit?

most of them should be okay.

I just went to CF to get one today

Now to hunt for Yashia.

Oh..no ....I'm sure you will regret having it !

FYI, I have one TIGER pistol in my tank too .

[Jameshong]

Hi Bro

To catch a pistol shrimp, you can self made a trap. Use a 9/12 or 12/16 mm eheim rain bar and cap one end. Place this rain bar near to the pistol shrimp location, then inject some mysis shrimp thru the holes. It should attract the pistol into the bar. Good luck....

Use 16/22 rain bar if your pistol shrimp is bigger.

Hi bro,

Do you mean inject the mysis into the holes of the eheim rain bar?

I have a few spare of those normal freshwater transparent rain bar on hand...can I use it ?

[jackywongto]

Oh..no ....I'm sure you will regret having it !

FYI, I have one TIGER pistol in my tank too .

hmm? why?

[jyoon]

Hi Jameshong Bro

Yes, you can use normal freshwater transparent rain bar too if they are dark color. Cos pistol shrimp love to hide in dark places.

[arcanehacker]

Firstly it will not shatter your glass tank.. we must first know that the clicking sound is not made by knocking their pincers on the glass.. its actually the clasping of their pincers that makes the noise (something to do with air and sound). This is sorta a way for them to shock small LS.. its their way of defense.

For smaller tanks with little hiding space, it can be a headache. they then to move sand all over the place..

Mine however has been hiding in a cozy dark cave ever since I got it a yr or 2 back.. never ever push out any sand for some reason.. Just the occasional clicking sound which is pretty amusing till now.. hehe.

I can't even remember which species is it cos I hardly see it.. hardly as in once every few months and its usually partial..