Set up my 20g tank about a year ago and a pistol shrimp came with the LR -- I hear the snapping. I saw him once for a second about 6 months ago and he was about an 3/4 inch long and grey colored, it was not a mantis.
He was behaving (or maybe too small to do much damage)...up until recently.
Within the last month someone (I'm guessing its him) has eaten my 2 peppermint shrimp, all my hermit crabs, my small cerith snails and now my recently purchased yellow clown goby. The YCG is the last straw. The only survivor to all this is my firefish who I've had for a year and I think is too big.
I've tried to trap him but to no avail. Short of taking all my larger pieces of LR out because I don't know where he's hiding, and basically killing them with freshwater to flush him out, I'm out of ideas. I also don't want to have to start over curing LR. I'd appreciate any other suggestions to try before I resort to this.
Btw, I don't know what kind he is other than the description above but roughly how big can these get?
He was behaving (or maybe too small to do much damage)...up until recently.
Within the last month someone (I'm guessing its him) has eaten my 2 peppermint shrimp, all my hermit crabs, my small cerith snails and now my recently purchased yellow clown goby. The YCG is the last straw. The only survivor to all this is my firefish who I've had for a year and I think is too big.
I've tried to trap him but to no avail. Short of taking all my larger pieces of LR out because I don't know where he's hiding, and basically killing them with freshwater to flush him out, I'm out of ideas. I also don't want to have to start over curing LR. I'd appreciate any other suggestions to try before I resort to this.
Btw, I don't know what kind he is other than the description above but roughly how big can these get?