Snapping Shrimp

[rdang]

So I've had my tank set up for two months and I just put livestock in it a few days ago. I got a black clown, peppermint shrimp, and an emerald crab. I haven't fed the tank for the past two months.

Today I drop some sinking pellets in that land next to a hole in the live rock and this pink and purple lobster looking thing comes out and grabs some pellets. Scared the crap out of me.

Them I couldn't find the pep shrimp and I thought it ate him or it was him...but I finally found him hiding.

So I have a hitch hiker shrimp? The closest thing I could find that looked like it was a Japanese snapping shrimp on live aquaria. Any ideas what this could be? My rock is from Indonesia.

 

[alco1]

google mantis shrimp.... does it look like that?

 

[AquaRick]

Pics would be helpful. But a hitch hiker shrimp does occur from time to time. Did it look like a mantis shrimp? Those tend to hitch hike more often than not.

 

[rdang]

No. I know what a mantis shrimp looks like. This looks like a pink and purple smooth pistol shrimp. It's not bumpy like a lobster.

 

[AquaRick]

Ah, nice. What a score.

 

[rdang]

It's too quick to take pics. It only came out twice to get the pellets. It almost looked translucent. I thought it might be the Japanese snapping shrimp because that was the closest thing I could find to it.

 

[rdang]

It's weird because it lives up above on a high rock, but I did notice tunnels on the bottom too. It has never come out like you can see a pistol shrimp digging. So weird.

I wanted to get a pistol/goby combo. You think I still can, or will they fight...?

 

[AquaRick]

I would try to get an ID on that shrimp. Not all shrimps pair up with gobies.

 

[rdang]

I want to buy them paired up at the store. I'm just worried this shrimp will get jealous.

 

[AquaRick]

They don't have to pair up at the store. you can purchase them separately if you'd like. Pistols and gobies pair up rather quickly in a tank.

 

[rdang]

That would be cool. ID'ing this thing though...he's deep in this rock. Maybe I can fish him out with a piece of shrimp on a chopstick

 

[AquaRick]

Haha, yeah. They're hard to get a shot of. Though I think ID'ing this thing is the best first course of action. You can go from there.

 

[rdang]

Ok I'll try

 

[PrettyFishies]

Use video

 

[Breakthecycle2]

Is it this?

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en...nlinehome.fr%2Fbullseye-pistol-shrimp;375;300

 

[rdang]

That's it!!!

 

[rdang]

What goby does michaels shrimp go with?

 

[rdang]

I read yellow watchman goby

 

[Breakthecycle2]

That's a rarer pistol shrimp. I have one but paid like $50 for it. You got really lucky. I already have a goby and pistol shrimp pair hen I added him, so I don't really know if they pair up or not. I think they do.

 

[rdang]

Ok sweet so maybe I could add a pistol/goby pair and they would be ok or should I just try adding a yellow goby?