I realize there are different types of pistols and that there personality can vary from species to species and aggression can increase due to age and additional stock factors .
That sais I'd like to know about some of the stuff ppl have seen or suspect of there pistol shrimp.
I ask this because after adding orange skunk pistol with purple legs to my tank if had some deaths. First was a small crab in the porcelain family but not a porcelain I forget the name.
It was aggressive , chased all the inverts and fish that came close the first day , it cornered my sally lightfoot and I broke it up , so it was dead the next am as the pistol only comes out in the display at night and that's where I found the crab. (probably picked the wrong on to bully is what I figure happened , if the pistol did kill it that is iv got no proof)
After that I noticed he started snapping all the time he killed the largest of 4 peppermint shrimp I got the other week (this I saw , he carried it in to his home holding it in both claws like a trophy above his head. 4 days later my Big cleaner shrimp 3+" body just disappeared , I thought possibly he's molting in the rocks but he never turned up later I found some shell and an antenna , I'm really bummed over it , and the shrimps left over body parts were rite out front of his hole (he set it outside like room service in a hotel) I miss my cleaner already , it was one of my favorite creatures by far .
So maybe this pistol has acquired a taste for my friends apparently , and is rather ugly to my fire fish pare , they spook and jump in holes in the rock and all I hear is pop,pop,pop .
Some references if read say its just a noise , some say he can kill fish and other invert with his claw poping .
Does it vary from specie ?
I may end up trying to trap it becase I don't really want to disassemble my reef .
Idk what I should do , iv started squirting more food in his home when I feed coral hoping to curve the aggression.
The other reasons I'm thinking he has blood lust is I found my sand sifting star today with 1/2 of. 2 legs (looks chewed off) other than a hermit I don't think I have any other predators that could have doen it.
I'm sure the star will re grow its lost limbs but what if whatever's doen it comes back tonight for round 2 .
I can't blame the pistol for this , and I'm not calling it a ruthless killer , but if having him will keep me from keeping others that I actually get to see and enjoy he may need to be caught .
That sais I'd like to know about some of the stuff ppl have seen or suspect of there pistol shrimp.
I ask this because after adding orange skunk pistol with purple legs to my tank if had some deaths. First was a small crab in the porcelain family but not a porcelain I forget the name.
It was aggressive , chased all the inverts and fish that came close the first day , it cornered my sally lightfoot and I broke it up , so it was dead the next am as the pistol only comes out in the display at night and that's where I found the crab. (probably picked the wrong on to bully is what I figure happened , if the pistol did kill it that is iv got no proof)
After that I noticed he started snapping all the time he killed the largest of 4 peppermint shrimp I got the other week (this I saw , he carried it in to his home holding it in both claws like a trophy above his head. 4 days later my Big cleaner shrimp 3+" body just disappeared , I thought possibly he's molting in the rocks but he never turned up later I found some shell and an antenna , I'm really bummed over it , and the shrimps left over body parts were rite out front of his hole (he set it outside like room service in a hotel) I miss my cleaner already , it was one of my favorite creatures by far .
So maybe this pistol has acquired a taste for my friends apparently , and is rather ugly to my fire fish pare , they spook and jump in holes in the rock and all I hear is pop,pop,pop .
Some references if read say its just a noise , some say he can kill fish and other invert with his claw poping .
Does it vary from specie ?
I may end up trying to trap it becase I don't really want to disassemble my reef .
Idk what I should do , iv started squirting more food in his home when I feed coral hoping to curve the aggression.
The other reasons I'm thinking he has blood lust is I found my sand sifting star today with 1/2 of. 2 legs (looks chewed off) other than a hermit I don't think I have any other predators that could have doen it.
I'm sure the star will re grow its lost limbs but what if whatever's doen it comes back tonight for round 2 .
I can't blame the pistol for this , and I'm not calling it a ruthless killer , but if having him will keep me from keeping others that I actually get to see and enjoy he may need to be caught .
