Eb0la11's 165G Reef Tank Build

Eb0la11 · #1 09-29-2009, 01:58 AM

Could it be my peppermint? I am not sure, but I was sold a shrimp labelled peppermint. Are they the same thing? I was going to ask if it was potentially that. I think it most likely is, cause other than the clicking I see no evidence of a mantis.

BlueAbyss · #2 09-29-2009, 02:21 AM

Could your tang be a Tomini tang?

kien · #3 09-29-2009, 03:05 AM

Peppermint shrimp don't click or snap or bang anything. I doubt it is the peppermint. You could have a mantis in your tank for years and never see it. They can hide deep in rocks and only come out at night. The hitchhiking variety of mantis are usually army green and are quite camouflaged. The last time I had a mantis he was in there for months, like 9 months or so. I did see him (ever) until I worked on my 150g aquascaping this past august and left one rock out for too long. It just happened to be the rock
he was hiding in and he jumped out of the rock and onto my shoe. Scared the bajeesus out of me :-)

Eb0la11 · #4 09-30-2009, 06:22 AM

Hmmmm, Im hearing more and more clicking as the days go on. Probably 50 clicks tonight in groups of 6-8 at a time usually.

I am shocked at this turn of events cause it was no where to be heard for the first month the tank was up. Do mantis shrimp have the ability to make that clicking noise at an infant stage?

Can someone enlighten me on what kind of Mantis Shrimp I may be up against?

fishytime · #5 09-30-2009, 03:41 PM

Just a thought.....I had a hermit that loved trying to climb up the silicone in the corners of the tank. He would try for hours, sometime making a series of clicks as his shell kept hitting the glass.

Eb0la11 · #6 09-30-2009, 07:01 PM

Hmmmm, I was looking at the tank last night for a good thirty minutes and cant see anything making a movement to go along with the clicks :/

I might isolate the rocks I anticipate it inhabiting one at a time into the refug until I can hear the clicks from in there, then I'll get him out. I think theres only 5-6 rocks it could be coming from.

Eb0la11 · #7 10-01-2009, 10:55 PM

Well, I got my eel to eat today which is awesome. So it looks like things are still going very well in my tank. Havent heard as much clicking lately but we'll see if it persists.

On a sad note, my Frontosa in my FW tank died and I have no understanding why. He was only maybe 2 years old and looked very healthy and everything else in the tank is healthy as well. I removed several fish over the weekend to sell at the auction but that should only make his life better but I can only really think that this might have had an effect on him. They werent even the same species of fish...