Will tiger pistol shrimp kill my cleaner shrimp?

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  1. tooconceited

    tooconceited Spaghetti Worm

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    I was thinking about getting a pink and blue shrimpgoby and a tiger pistol for my tank but I already have a skunk cleaner. Will the tiger pistol shrimp want to kill it or my hermit crabs?
     
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  3. apollo'sowner

    apollo'sowner Feather Duster

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    I havent had any problems with my skunk and tiger. The tiger stays underground with the yellow watchman and pretty much ignores the skunk and vice-versa. Don't think they compete in anyway with each other.
     
  4. amcarrig

    amcarrig Super Moderator

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    That's a definite maybe. Pistol shrimp have been known to eat cleaner shrimp in the wild (and also in my tank).
     
  5. Jason McKenzie

    Jason McKenzie Super Moderator

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    Pistol shrimp can start to be hunters. They tend to take out all shrimp over time. They have also been used to ride tanks of mantis shrimp
     
  6. mushroom_man

    mushroom_man Bubble Tip Anemone

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    really? how big can pistols get, because i just saw two 6-7 inch monster mantis shrimp at one of the lfs.
     
  7. amcarrig

    amcarrig Super Moderator

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    It's not a matter of how big they get. Pistol shrimp take their prey out with a "sonic boom" and not brute force.
     
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  9. jonathan

    jonathan Aiptasia Anemone

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    very cool...i want a "sonic boom". :)
     
  10. mushroom_man

    mushroom_man Bubble Tip Anemone

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    that i knew. but those guys were monsters. thats amazing. i have to see it. i hear thta pistols can create a sonic boom equal to a .22 pistol.
     
  11. smokenax

    smokenax Plankton

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    pistol shrimp

    i have heard clicks in my tank for over a year i figured it was a pistol shrimp.i also had a skunk for about six months until i threw some pepermints in there and they all started dying one by one could i have a pistol that is hunting?everything else is fine.hermits,emeralds,and snails.keep in mind ive nver actually seen this guy.
     
  12. mattgeezer

    mattgeezer Montipora Capricornis

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    Ive heard clicks as well in my tank!! ive looked at all the rock closely and in some holes there are these little black mussels ..as ive never seen a pistol shrimp in this tank im thinking that "the clicking noise "are these mussels ???
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