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08-30-2006, 03:43 PM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Milton FL
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 |  Is this hitchhiker a pistol or mantis?
Don't think it is a mantis, but this guy dropped out of a small rock that a shroom is attached to that I placed in my tank. I removed him before he got away and have him in a holding facility till I can ID him. Bad pic and will try another later, but he is 1/2 inch long and his left pincher is enlarged with green claw. Thanks.  | 
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08-30-2006, 03:52 PM
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| | 3reef Moderator
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With a description like that, I don't need to see a better picture  It's most likely a pistol if one claw is significantly larger than the other. | |
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08-30-2006, 04:11 PM
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| | Ritteri Anemone
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I agree with it being a pistol. Nice hitch hiker. Now you can pick a goby as its partner :-)
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08-30-2006, 05:17 PM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
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Alright, thanks, that's what I thought. I have a pistol in this tank already. Do I need to put this one in another? I would hate to put it in the existing tank and have it killed by the current resident.
I'm glad that's what it turned out to be. I got a small red mushroom at $15 from a LFS that attatched to a small rock that the shrimp came out of and feel that I didn't get my money worth as another LFS charges $5. So now I feel as though I did alright.
Why did I buy it if I didn't like the price? I'm a reefer like you. LOL | |
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08-30-2006, 06:37 PM
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| | Ritteri Anemone
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How big is the tank? If 2 pistol shrimp are in the same tank they will get into fights. When they do they will use their pistol's / cannon's on each other. Often the losing Pistol will lose it's pistol and it's tiny pincher will turn into a new pistol and the missing limb will turn into a new pincher.
If the tank is small I would put it in a new tank or maybe sell it back to that same lfs for 15 back and not let them know it was their original hitchhiker :-) | |
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08-30-2006, 09:12 PM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
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Originally Posted by jtReef How big is the tank? If 2 pistol shrimp are in the same tank they will get into fights. When they do they will use their pistol's / cannon's on each other. Often the losing Pistol will lose it's pistol and it's tiny pincher will turn into a new pistol and the missing limb will turn into a new pincher.
If the tank is small I would put it in a new tank or maybe sell it back to that same lfs for 15 back and not let them know it was their original hitchhiker :-) | Thanks. I did some checking on the net and came to the same conclusion. I don't think I could part with it though as it is just too cute. I have it in a makeshift holding facility untill tomarrow when I will go back to the LFS and buy a 3-6gl nano, sand, rock, etc, spending I'm sure over $100+ so it can have a tank to itself and grow.
I wonder if I did get such a good deal after all? | |
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08-30-2006, 11:19 PM
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| | Scooter Blennie
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The big claw is a dead giveaway. Also, they are quite common hitchikers.
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09-05-2006, 06:12 AM
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| | Pajama Cardinal
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