Hitchhiker is making my water cloudy!!!!!

[RYANLAWRENCE]

Hey guys
Recently I have noticed my water being pretty cloudy. I have just kinda ignored it, but today when I was looking at my fish, two huge plumes of dust came from a previously unknown tunnel in the sand under my live rock. The tunnel looks pretty extensive and I cannot see anything in the tunnel. Anyone know of any hitchhikers that do this?? I'll attach a photo of the tunnel. Whatever it is is making my water look cloudy all the time!!

 

[joy13]

Do you hear any clicking especially at night?

 

[RYANLAWRENCE]

Nope no clicking noises. That rules out a pistol shrimp right?

 

[Bellaco]

Not necessarily. In my experience most pistol shrimp don't snap unless provoked. If you have a peaceful tank he may not feel threatened enough to show off.

 

[RYANLAWRENCE]

Hmm well his tunnel is right next to where my diadem dottyback lives, and he is an incredibly aggressive fish. I would think that he wouldn't like a shrimp being near him, as he will attack and rip up bristleworms that occasionally come out

 

[brian242pa]

not only does it take out pistol shrimp but yor worth nightmare the mantis shrimp...

 

[Bige]

Its probabaly a tunneling worm. Or a rock boring worm. Not much you can do. Might have feather looking things coming from holes. I had one that did same thing. My dottyback ate mine.

 

[imtcurveball]

you could bury it and hope it doesnt come back

 

[RYANLAWRENCE]

Thinking it might be a worm of some sort. It doesn't seem very big and I feel I would have been able to see a mantis shrimp. Plus the burrow entrance is literally where my dottyback lives and I think he would chase off any shrimps

 

[RYANLAWRENCE]

Well I found the culprit...it is my dottyback! I watched him this morning grab big mouthfuls of sand and then spit them out! Why is he digging? I didn't think he was a digging species

 

[Ricksreef]

Well I found the culprit...it is my dottyback! I watched him this morning grab big mouthfuls of sand and then spit them out! Why is he digging? I didn't think he was a digging species

Just fixing himself a vacation home.

 

[RYANLAWRENCE]

Maybe so! Such weird behavior I wish he'd stop he's dirtying my tank

 

[williemccall]

I have been seeing some clouds shooting out of my new live rock from two small holes, and I also hear clicking, what the heck is it?

 

[hiltymj]

It's probably a pistol shrimp building himself a nice little home