Rcpilot
Reef enthusiast
Yup! I can't really tell what it looks like, but it's a shrimp and it's dark gray in color. The problem is--the little bugger is only about 3/4" long. It lives under a frag plug that I set on top of a small rock. The rock is about the size of your fist, but it's kinda flat. I put a round frag plug on top of the rock so that my zoas could spread out. There is a gap under the plug. I spotted some kind of little shrimp inside a hole between the frag and the top of the rock. He only comes out at night. Can't figure out what he's eating because I need a flashlight to see him, and he runs away everytime he sees the light.
I'm not real familiar with shrimp. He sure is fast, and he rolls up in a ball and slithers up inside a hole where I can't see him. His body movements sure do look like all the mantis shrimp I've seen. Looks like he's gliding around.
Are there any other type of shrimp that are dark gray (maybe black) when they are small? Nocturnal?
Wondering what to do. I could drop the whole rock into a bucket of fresh water and kill it. But, if it's not a mantis, I'd feel bad. Don't like killin' stuff in my tank unless it's really a bad critter.
I could drop the frag into a bucket of saltwater and hope to shake him out, or bait him out with some krill or brine. Then remove the frag when he comes out in the open.
Maybe let it grow a bit and try to get a better ID later? No guarantee it will stay in this rock though. It could move and then I might not ever find it again.
Any thoughts?
I'm not real familiar with shrimp. He sure is fast, and he rolls up in a ball and slithers up inside a hole where I can't see him. His body movements sure do look like all the mantis shrimp I've seen. Looks like he's gliding around.
Are there any other type of shrimp that are dark gray (maybe black) when they are small? Nocturnal?
Wondering what to do. I could drop the whole rock into a bucket of fresh water and kill it. But, if it's not a mantis, I'd feel bad. Don't like killin' stuff in my tank unless it's really a bad critter.
I could drop the frag into a bucket of saltwater and hope to shake him out, or bait him out with some krill or brine. Then remove the frag when he comes out in the open.
Maybe let it grow a bit and try to get a better ID later? No guarantee it will stay in this rock though. It could move and then I might not ever find it again.
Any thoughts?