Ever Been Blasted By Your Pistol Shrimp?

[mseepman]

Originally Posted by ScubaSteve

My Tiger Pistol "Citizen Snips" has a tendency to steal my frags and bury them. And the weird thing is, he super protective of his buried frags. I went digging one time to find a zoa frag he stole and apparently he didn't like that. He came flying out of his hole and went straight for me and BAM! got me. Stung (he's a big guy) but no damage.

My guy totally does the same. He steals any frag he can get into his house. It's been a real pain but I love the goby/shrimp pair regardless.

I now use longer tweezers to get anything in his house...

[reeferious]

gonna be a death match at 12 noon high this thursday between me and my ex-friend,ex-pet turned mortal enemy pistol packing inch-high igor the terrible.
whatever the outcome pls respect our final signed wishes and lay either one or both fallens into our respective deep holes. match ground to be announced tomorrow at 9 am sharp.

[hillbillyreefer]

I've been nailed a couple times, startled countless times. Wifey laughs her butt off when the fat guy recoils in horror. Why do I always forget about that little bugger when I try to retrieve a frag from his house. Every once in a while I take a long pair of forceps and harrass him back. That'll learn 'em.

[AHHope]

Ive never been hit by a pistol shrimp but ive gotten a couple warning shots from one of my smaller mantis shrimps (a 5 inch chiragra), didnt hurt too bad more scared me more than anything.