Caught the Killer ! What the hell is this?

[XXFirefighter]

I Re-did my WHOLE tank... All 90 pounds of rock were removed and 75% of it RO dipped and this came out of THE last rock !
What is he?

[reefrunner69]

Looks like a small golden coral banded shrimp, I'm probably wrong, but that is the first thing that come to mind.

[medge00]

i can't see the images

[XXFirefighter]

my isp having problems...
sorry

[wahoo_drew]

Are you sure that killed something? looks like a normal shrimp with claws. If its still alive trow it into a Species tank like people do with mantis shrimp. He looks pretty cool.

[XXFirefighter]

Originally Posted by wahoo_drew

Are you sure that killed something? looks like a normal shrimp with claws. If its still alive trow it into a Species tank like people do with mantis shrimp. He looks pretty cool.

Sorry to say, he's not with us anymore...

[Anemoneman]

Sorry to say, he's not with us anymore...

Not sure I would have been so quick with the death sentence. Looks like a cool shrimp. IMO most shrimp are harmless, beneficial additions to a reef. Esp. rare ones like this.
Mantis shrimp are an exception and aren't really shrimp anyway.
Maybe a QT tank would be a good place to put questionable creatures pending thier dispostion. Might be able to make some $$ from fellow members looking for odd creatures. I think I would have paid money for that guy.

edited for syntax

[reefrunner69]

Mantis shrimp are an exception and aren't really shrimp anyway.

I'm intrigued by this statement, I've never heard it before, any links for this? If they aren't shrimp...what are they?

[ccCapt]

http://www.chesapeakebay.net/info/mantis_shrimp.cfm

[dralarms]

Now that was interesting.

[Brad]

I think it was very unlikely that this fellow was responsible for any deaths. It does look like a harmless shrimp, similar to a coral banded.

I also don't think that the R/O dip was a good idea. You likely harmed a lot of life on your LR.

[XXFirefighter]

Originally Posted by Brad

I think it was very unlikely that this fellow was responsible for any deaths. It does look like a harmless shrimp, similar to a coral banded.

I also don't think that the R/O dip was a good idea. You likely harmed a lot of life on your LR.

Well it's been 3 days and 0 deaths, and 10 more crabs that died... on purpose. I had 2 starfish bail out during the RO rince and dropped em back in the tank and all were ok still... no new die off as far as i can see...
What else should I look for?

[luckycat]

When you say RO dip, do you dip in saltwater or just plain RO water (w/no salt)? I've heard of people dipping lr in super salty water to get the critters to come out...

[XXFirefighter]

Originally Posted by luckycat

When you say RO dip, do you dip in saltwater or just plain RO water (w/no salt)? I've heard of people dipping lr in super salty water to get the critters to come out...

The first initial dip before it went into my tank was a RO super salt dip...
As for this last dip/rinse it was straight RO water from my tap ! It's been a week and ahalf now I think and still nothing wrong, I guess I lucked out...
One last mantis to catch I think or a errant pistol shrimp thats still in the tank. Can't see either, just hear clicking... All my fish are still here so we'll see...

[daclozer]

looks like a pistol shrimp to me