Finally found my little snapping friend

[jasond]

Nice job, thats awesome! Funny something so little can make so much racket.

[justinl]

Ive heard that getting a pistol and goby to pair isn't as simple as throwing the two in the same tank and praying. I seem to recall that they are species specific.

[untamed]

Unless he is...like 5" long...he's likely very harmless. The worst he could do would be to take out a hermit crab or something. You're lucky you didn't do him in while trying to get to him.

My experience is that a very small pistol can make a very large noise.

Too bad you are in Calgary, he would be welcome in my tank.

[Oscar]

Very cool. I have had a clicking in my tank since it was 2 months old. I think it is also a pistol. I have not seen a burrow so I suspect it is in the rock as well.

If it is living in the rock will it pair with a goby and create a burrow in the substrate?

[MikeP]

If your not going to keep him I'm sure a LFS would take him in on trade. Or post in the Buy/Sell forum. I would take him but I already have a goby/shrimp pair, my pistol shrimp doesn't have the huge claw like yours though (maybe mine's a female?).

[levi1803]

Originally Posted by MikeP

If your not going to keep him I'm sure a LFS would take him in on trade. Or post in the Buy/Sell forum. I would take him but I already have a goby/shrimp pair, my pistol shrimp doesn't have the huge claw like yours though (maybe mine's a female?).

Yeah I've kinda thought about it, he's so tiny though I'm not even sure a store would want him, he's maybe 1/4 of an inch at most. I'll probably just end up keeping the little guy.

[X-Treme]

Wish you were up a bit further north. I'd take him in a heartbeat.