Just heard my pistol shrimp SNAP for the first time!

[christophert]

What the title says. I've had my Randall's pistol shrimp and goby in there for several months; it's a lucky day if I manage to catch a sighting of him!

I was sitting down to dinner and the lights in the tank had gone off 10 minutes before when suddenly a startlingly loud *POP* comes from my tank. For a split second I thought something had just blown; and then i realized:
Pistol shrimp just caught dinner!

 

[ff337]

Pretty cool listening to them. Sounds like two pool balls hitting each other.

 

[fuddruckers]

Ive got Two pistol shrimp in my 125, on opposite sides of the tank, I hear them snapping often, as my hermits are relentless in trying to investigate their lairs.