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Luke33  Insufferable Know It All Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Total posts: 3268 Location: Indianapolis Gender: Male
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 Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 10:14:54 AM Post subject: The Click |
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| Ok guys, for over 3 yrs i have heard a click in my tank. Not super loud but loud enough where i can hear it in another room but if i'm sitting 20ft away from the tank i can hear it. First thoughts are pistol shrimp or a mantis. Problem is I haven't seen either or. Is there anything else that makes clicks it could be? I don't have any crabs in the tank. I would bet its a pistol shrimp but have no idea.
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mrcrabInsufferable Know It All Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Total posts: 10638 Gender: Unknown
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| Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 10:39:38 AM Post subject: |
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| Pistol or mantis is my guess if you're sure it's not an equipment noise.
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Luke33Insufferable Know It All Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Total posts: 3268 Location: Indianapolis Gender: Male
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| Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 10:56:05 AM Post subject: |
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| No man. I can look in my tank and hear the click. I think its in one of the large pieces of LR. Is there a good way to catch it or should i just leave it be. The reason i think its a pistol is because if its a mantis it would be fairly large after 3yrs i'd bet. Then again my coperban butterly disapeared mysteriously a few mths back.
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mrcrabInsufferable Know It All Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Total posts: 10638 Gender: Unknown
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| Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 10:58:37 AM Post subject: |
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| Luke33 wrote: | | No man. I can look in my tank and hear the click. I think its in one of the large pieces of LR. Is there a good way to catch it or should i just leave it be. The reason i think its a pistol is because if its a mantis it would be fairly large after 3yrs i'd bet. Then again my coperban butterly disapeared mysteriously a few mths back. |
They have traps for them...get your red flashlight out.
Mantis shrimp info
Pistol Shrimp info
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Luke33Insufferable Know It All Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Total posts: 3268 Location: Indianapolis Gender: Male
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| Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 11:03:15 AM Post subject: |
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| Yea, i don't have a red flashlight. Maybe i'll pick one up at lowe's. They are in the red flashlight isle right
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mrcrabInsufferable Know It All Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Total posts: 10638 Gender: Unknown
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| Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 11:07:46 AM Post subject: |
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| Luke33 wrote: | | Yea, i don't have a red flashlight. Maybe i'll pick one up at lowe's. They are in the red flashlight isle right |
Red cellophane over the lense work as well. I just posted some research links for you in the last post.
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Luke33Insufferable Know It All Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Total posts: 3268 Location: Indianapolis Gender: Male
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| Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 11:17:28 AM Post subject: |
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| Thanks man!
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| Frank Shit Stirrer Joined: 09 Jul 2008 Total posts: 426 Gender: Unknown
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| Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 11:50:40 AM Post subject: |
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Luke if you have not added any more live rock in 3 years then its a pistol . A Mantis click gets so loud as they get larger you think the tank is going to come down. The pistol gives a good sound click but never really gets louder as they stay small.
I had one in my tank for like 2 years before I finally saw him. I though It was a mouse in my stand at first, because I only heard the sound at night when the room was dim. The only reason I saw him was I added a yasha hasha goby and he would come to the holes entrance with the goby when I fed the tank.
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REMF Smart Arse Joined: 25 Dec 2008 Total posts: 334 Location: Alaska Gender: Male
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| Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 01:31:55 PM Post subject: |
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| Snails in the tank? If it were a mantis you would think there would be a decline in snail population. I second Frank’s idea of a Shrimp Goby to track the bastid down.
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| CWright Drunken reefer Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Total posts: 10835 Location: Where ever there's a VB Gender: Male
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| Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 04:30:08 AM Post subject: |
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| I can't remember what fish you have, but I've heard of some fish that make clicking noises.
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| Frank Shit Stirrer Joined: 09 Jul 2008 Total posts: 426 Gender: Unknown
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| Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 05:51:17 AM Post subject: |
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dont you mean some cats make a clicking sound? or is it a snapping sound?
The mythical snapping pussy
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Luke33Insufferable Know It All Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Total posts: 3268 Location: Indianapolis Gender: Male
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| Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 08:35:45 AM Post subject: |
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| Yea, i suspect its a pistol too. The click has been the same for 3yrs and always at night. Maybe one day i'll see it, who knows.
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amashunInsufferable Know It All Joined: 10 Jan 2008 Total posts: 11608 Location: HK/Australia Age: 80 Gender: Unknown
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| Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 08:52:13 AM Post subject: |
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| very hard to say Luke.....
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REMFSmart Arse Joined: 25 Dec 2008 Total posts: 334 Location: Alaska Gender: Male
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| Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 09:22:17 AM Post subject: |
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| Frank wrote: | dont you mean some cats make a clicking sound? or is it a snapping sound?
The mythical snapping pussy |
Snapping pussy’s scare me 
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mrcrabInsufferable Know It All Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Total posts: 10638 Gender: Unknown
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| Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 09:39:18 AM Post subject: |
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| REMF wrote: | | Snapping pussy’s scare me |
From the looks of those ring girls...you must be scared ALOT!!! 
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