Anybody ever have some of these??

[Will C1]

today i made an impulse buy, i know i shouldent but they were too cool to pass up. they called them tiger shrimp, they look just like a shrimp same body as a pistol but with out the pistol snapper claw. they are about 1 1/2" long and love to burrow in the sand, i was wondering what they really are and how to best for them.

 

[Len]

Heh .... chances are, it's just a tiger pistol shrimp (Alpheus bellulus) They lose their trademark claws a lot of times, and will regrow them in several molts.

 

[Will C1]

the claws are grown in they look like regular lobster claws and not pistols one is larger and flatter than the other. their pushing the sand around with them like miniture bulldozers.

 

[Len]

Ah .... so the claws are sharp and tapered unlike the shovel-shaped regular pistols? Interesting. Any way to snap a pic of it?

 

[ChrisIsBored]

Kinda like this?

Your description sounds just like my Tiger Pistol Shrimp...

 

[LFS42]

Man, we got them 3 weeks ago.

Cool little things, they were called mud shrimp.


Sorry ChrisIsBored, but I don't think that picture was it.

 

[Will C1]

the coloring looks just like the pic chris is bored except the claws are diff one is slightly larger and flat, the other is tapered and pointed kinda like a arrow crabs claws, they have made a huge home under my halimidia, they seem too like living in pairs as mine are inseperable. if it is a pistol i wont be disapointed im just wondering how to best care for them. i wish icould get a pic the camera is in the shop for a month to get fixed

 

[Anonymous]

on the pairs, does one have a big left, and the other a big right? If so they are pistols, and that's how you sex them.

L8r mega

 

[Will C1]

thanks mega death one has a large right the other a large left. so now i know they must be pistols. and in knowing this can someone provide me with a link or some info on their fav. food and such. i tried to give them some mysis but they just shoveled it out of their hole. also should i go buy a yellow watchman for them?

 

[Anonymous]

thanks mega death one has a large right the other a large left. so now i know they must be pistols. and in knowing this can someone provide me with a link or some info on their fav. food and such. i tried to give them some mysis but they just shoveled it out of their hole. also should i go buy a yellow watchman for them?

Hey! You bought my buddies! Ah crapola! LOL..........I had so much trouble makin the decision to get those guys or the snowflake that I tossed a coin and when the Eel won I said to myself.I will get them guys when I get paid.LOL So they really are Pistols......ehh! Oh by the way i fell asleep the last nigt about 815pm and did not wake up till 1 am. I will call you about a time to come over and check out my "overstocked" tank. LOL I fed the snowflake some squid tonight with a small prong I got from the 5 mile store. It worked great!

 

[Will C1]

boy are you gonna be jealous now, i just went up to that lfs and i caught that big snowflake in their reef. it only took me 5 min! now he's residing in the sob damsels home lol. he is soo cool, he's about 14" in length and 1 1/2" in width. so now the tank has 1 lemmon peel angel 4" 8 chromis all 1" a sob damsel 1 1/2" and the snow flake. i dont think my 120 is over stocked, and i plan to add 3 more fish. i hope the eel eats the sob damsel i can only hope.

 

[Anonymous]

boy are you gonna be jealous now, i just went up to that lfs and i caught that big snowflake in their reef. it only took me 5 min! now he's residing in the sob damsels home lol. he is soo cool, he's about 14" in length and 1 1/2" in width. so now the tank has 1 lemmon peel angel 4" 8 chromis all 1" a sob damsel 1 1/2" and the snow flake. i dont think my 120 is over stocked, and i plan to add 3 more fish. i hope the eel eats the sob damsel i can only hope.

Awsome! I am foaming at the mouth! LOL I need to come see this.........real cool! How did ya fishem out of that tank? I have been feeding mine squid and krill with a small prong..oh yeh........I already told ya........LOL What are ya goin to feed yours? X-tra Large shrimp from Krogers?

 

[Will C1]

im not sure what im gonna feed him yet, i treid some mysis just to tempt him last night but he's too new to feed yet, still exploring the tank. im not gonna worry about it unless he dosent eat for a wek, but im sure he will. heck i've seen him eat plenty of times in the lfs so i know as soon as he feels comfortable he will. mabe i'll try squid or clam meat or mabe some jumbo prawns but im gonna wait for a few days before i tempt him. as for catching him it was luck. andrew the manager just rearanged the rock in the tank because he had to catch that black ribbon eel they had in there. so i stroll in an hour or so after he had done that and the snow flake was exploring the new rock formation up in the front of the tank. so i grabbd a net and spoked him to go behind the rack they have of corals on the left side of the 400gal reef tank. once there i knew i had him. i got 2 nets put one on one end and chased him with the other right into the net. lol it just seemed way to easy. you should have seen the look on andrews face he's ben trying to catch him for six months and i walk in there and do it in 5 min's. oh well he looks quite happy in my tank and nobody disapered last night so i hope it goes well.