Noises from the tank: something fishy: what it might be...

Sk8r · 06/25/2016, 11:11 AM

I have had two, both audible 20 feet away: chime in with your own noisemakers...
a) sharp dull pop like a crack in glass: pistol shrimp, usually heard at tank dark.
b) sharp buzzing like a teacup rattling on a table: mature humbug damsel, aka golden domino, annoyed at a tankmate: usually during feeding.

tigersmith · 06/26/2016, 12:16 AM

Pair of mating pink skunk clowns. Both would croak like frogs. For almost a year I thought it was my vortechs going bad. Checked it and all is well. I would rapidly knock on my glass aquarium and they would croak even more.

rustyjames · 06/26/2016, 10:05 AM

My tank is bare bottom with a Gorilla glue rock wall. The hermits like to climb the back wall and when they lose their footing (I guess clawing, hermits don't have feet) it sounds like someone dropped a marble on the floor.

Sk8r · 06/26/2016, 10:41 AM

Everybody suspects a malfunction: first time I heard Miss Domino sound off I was sure a powerhead had come loose or eaten something it shouldn't.

CStrickland · 06/26/2016, 11:14 AM

I've got a conch that doesn't understand corners very well. They are not very agile, like they can't really go backwards or turn around. Instead, if they get stuck they sort of leap in the air (well, water) and hope the current blows them someplace better. This particular conch has figured out that detritus accumulates under a powerhead in the nook between my dual overflow and the corner. So he goes ther and eats it but then can't get out. He'll jump up and get blown against the glass over and over til I fish him out and set him back on clear sand. It takes him 3-4 days to get wedged back in there again.

Idk maybe he thinks it's exciting, like bungee jumping. It's loud when he bounces off the glass.

Sk8r · 06/26/2016, 11:17 AM

Lol!

Jerett83 · 06/26/2016, 02:24 PM

Pistol shirmp clicking its claws. Every time it does I jump up off the couch thinking my tanks cracking. Lol.

Rubasu · 06/28/2016, 01:33 PM

When my hermits are scurrying along the glass and their shell repeatedly taps against the glass. It sounds like small cracks.

ziggy2 · 06/28/2016, 02:06 PM

I think I would have a heart attack.

b_evans06 · 06/28/2016, 02:20 PM

The sound of a hermit crab falling onto the tile flooring. Apparently it climbed from the rock structure over to the powerhead and then up the powerhead cord. Luckily I was in the same room and heard it hit. Or else he would have dried up before I found it.

06/25/2016, 11:11 AM	#1
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Noises from the tank: something fishy: what it might be... I have had two, both audible 20 feet away: chime in with your own noisemakers... a) sharp dull pop like a crack in glass: pistol shrimp, usually heard at tank dark. b) sharp buzzing like a teacup rattling on a table: mature humbug damsel, aka golden domino, annoyed at a tankmate: usually during feeding. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

06/26/2016, 10:05 AM	#3
rustyjames EMT-B Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Virginia Posts: 879	My tank is bare bottom with a Gorilla glue rock wall. The hermits like to climb the back wall and when they lose their footing (I guess clawing, hermits don't have feet) it sounds like someone dropped a marble on the floor. __________________ I see your Schwartz is as big as mine. Current Tank Info: 20 long

06/26/2016, 10:41 AM	#4
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Everybody suspects a malfunction: first time I heard Miss Domino sound off I was sure a powerhead had come loose or eaten something it shouldn't. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

06/26/2016, 11:14 AM	#5
CStrickland Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: New England, U.S. Posts: 4,595	I've got a conch that doesn't understand corners very well. They are not very agile, like they can't really go backwards or turn around. Instead, if they get stuck they sort of leap in the air (well, water) and hope the current blows them someplace better. This particular conch has figured out that detritus accumulates under a powerhead in the nook between my dual overflow and the corner. So he goes ther and eats it but then can't get out. He'll jump up and get blown against the glass over and over til I fish him out and set him back on clear sand. It takes him 3-4 days to get wedged back in there again. Idk maybe he thinks it's exciting, like bungee jumping. It's loud when he bounces off the glass. __________________ If you're havin tank problems I feel bad for you, son. I got 99 problems but a fish ain't one Current Tank Info: 3/2016 upgrade to 120g. Chalk bass, melanurus, firefish, starry blenny, canary blenny, lyretail anthias, engineer gobys, kole tang. Softies / LPS / NPS. <3 noob4life <3

06/26/2016, 11:17 AM	#6
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Lol! __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

06/26/2016, 12:16 AM	#2
tigersmith Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 59	Pair of mating pink skunk clowns. Both would croak like frogs. For almost a year I thought it was my vortechs going bad. Checked it and all is well. I would rapidly knock on my glass aquarium and they would croak even more.

06/26/2016, 02:24 PM	#7
Jerett83 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Penetang Ontario Posts: 60	Pistol shirmp clicking its claws. Every time it does I jump up off the couch thinking my tanks cracking. Lol.

06/28/2016, 01:33 PM	#8
Rubasu Registered Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: Germantown, WI Posts: 230	When my hermits are scurrying along the glass and their shell repeatedly taps against the glass. It sounds like small cracks. __________________ 40 Breeder / 20L Sump: Ocellaris Clown - Green Star Polyps, Kenya Tree, Brown Palys, Blue Mushrooms...and the clean up crew.

06/28/2016, 02:06 PM	#9
ziggy2 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Posts: 72	I think I would have a heart attack.

06/28/2016, 02:20 PM	#10
b_evans06 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Arkansas, USA Posts: 66	The sound of a hermit crab falling onto the tile flooring. Apparently it climbed from the rock structure over to the powerhead and then up the powerhead cord. Luckily I was in the same room and heard it hit. Or else he would have dried up before I found it.