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06-01-2006, 03:57 PM
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Sometimes when a snail is near the edge of the tank the current blows it up against the tank wall, and its shell makes that clanking noise. I have a pistol shrimp and the sound is subtly different. Next time your hand is in the tank snap your fingers under water, that should be close to the sound a pistol makes.
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06-01-2006, 04:16 PM
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My red pistol makes clicks exactly as you described. Most often one click, sometimes two, rarely three. And usually more often when the lights go out.
Pistols dig a lot, so you should notice large amounts of sand moving around if you have a pistol, otherwise I would suspect a mantis.
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06-01-2006, 04:36 PM
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Ya from what I have learned Pistol shrimp are single clicks and mantis are multiple clicks.
I've had a pistol in my 75G for 4 years now. didn't do anything to anybody. First piece of rock into my new tank. I watched a small pistol shrimp jump out and race around the sand bed.
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06-01-2006, 04:40 PM
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I love the fact that pistols and watchmen gobies pair up.
Put in a watchman goby, if they pair up it would tell you it is a pistol, not a mantis. I just got a second watchman for my pistol with the death of my first, and they paired up the second day.
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06-01-2006, 05:37 PM
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i've actually had the same problem for awhile and by fluke i heard it while i was at the tank. it was a turbo snail on the glass at the corner and switching to the other pane of glass and it was his shell hitting the glass at it was swinging over. i also it it again when 2 turbos were trying to pass each other on the glass and there shells were hitting the glass
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06-01-2006, 05:41 PM
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How loud is the snapping?
My tank is downstairs in a noisy fishroom, and I can hear the snapping of my pistol from upstairs, no problem. I don't think I could hear a snail hitting the glass from that far away, especially with all my pump noise, but maybe I am wrong.
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06-01-2006, 05:51 PM
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its quite loud, to the point that i was researching the sounds of pistol shrimp. i would constantly try and spot the pistol with a flashlight at night with no luck
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