Loud "Clicking" in tank

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  1. GjB

    GjB Skunk Shrimp

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    I have a really loud clicking in my 29g nano and I have never seen a mantis shrimp. I just have very active LR from the Caribbean (~26lbs) and 4 Peppermint Shrimp (to cure a problem). What other hitchhikers produce this loud clicking?
     
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  2. GjB

    GjB Skunk Shrimp

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    Side note: I saw a bright orange millipede (sp?) looking thing run out or my LR and into another crevice a few times.
     
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  3. blackraven1425

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    Pistol shrimp. The "millepede" is a bristleworm.
     
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  4. GjB

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    I can't believe how loud something underwater can be!
     
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  5. GjB

    GjB Skunk Shrimp

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    Day 1. LR only.
     
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  6. sostoudt

    sostoudt Giant Squid

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    maybe mantis shrimp. They can snap there claws and almost create a bubble the temperature of the sun.
     
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  7. GjB

    GjB Skunk Shrimp

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    Gotta love the reflection of the Olympus camera, lol. I'm such a noob.
     
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  8. greybeard

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    nice looking live rock... looks promising but definately a bristle worm (the milliped looking thing) If your live rock is that 'active' maybe you have inherited a mantis shrimp that is hiding?

    GreyBeard
     
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  9. GjB

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    Thanks all :)
     
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  10. blackraven1425

    blackraven1425 Giant Squid

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    I doubt it's a mantis. I'm pretty sure I got my rock from the same place when I started, and while they say mantis can hitchhike, my rock had about 40 to 50 pistol shrimp in it when I got it.

    It's pretty much constant popping, correct? With maybe 30 seconds max between pops?
     
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