ID please white shrimp?

wintercool97 · 09/30/2007, 10:23 AM

I just found this guy last night, hitch hiked on my TBS. I know its some kind of shrimp. The tail looks like my mantis. Maybe a juvenile pistol? He is all white with one large red claw. Two black eyes on the top of his head kind of reminds me of spider eyes. Very small like 1/2 or 3/4" long. Sorry for the bad pic, it was all I could get before he hid.

Thanks for any help

Maxi · 09/30/2007, 10:44 AM

Sounds like a pistol shrimp. Listen for gun shots at night.

wintercool97 · 09/30/2007, 11:15 AM

I am pretty sure that is what it was but just wanted someone else to confirm. I have a question about pistol shrimp. I keep reading that they are reef safe. But if they kill and eat cleaner shrimp wouldn't they do that to other things too?

Maxi · 09/30/2007, 11:19 AM

Their natural prey is shrimp. Mine has killed one of my peppermint shrimps, I bought another one yesterday and its still alive.

My hermit crabs when they cross in front of its tunnel, they get shot, their shell flipped over and shot again. I haven't lost anything to my pistol shrimp, except one peppermint shrimp.
So I really doubt that they will kill anything else except a smaller pistol shrimp, or a mantis shrimp that's about their size, and a shrimp.

wintercool97 · 09/30/2007, 11:39 AM

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Originally posted by Maxi
Their natural prey is shrimp. Mine has killed one of my peppermint shrimps, I bought another one yesterday and its still alive.

My hermit crabs when they cross in front of its tunnel, they get shot, their shell flipped over and shot again. I haven't lost anything to my pistol shrimp, except one peppermint shrimp.
So I really doubt that they will kill anything else except a smaller pistol shrimp, or a mantis shrimp that's about their size, and a shrimp.

It would be good if he got the little mantis that I know is in there. I saw it once then it was gone. The mantis is about the same size as the pistol. Then again since I haven't seen the mantis maybe he already got him!

Maxi · 09/30/2007, 11:46 AM

The mantis can kill the pistol too! I haven't read or seen a pistol shrimp and mantis fight, but people say that pistol shrimp can kill a mantis.

09/30/2007, 10:23 AM	#1
wintercool97 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: New Mexico Posts: 166	ID please white shrimp? I just found this guy last night, hitch hiked on my TBS. I know its some kind of shrimp. The tail looks like my mantis. Maybe a juvenile pistol? He is all white with one large red claw. Two black eyes on the top of his head kind of reminds me of spider eyes. Very small like 1/2 or 3/4" long. Sorry for the bad pic, it was all I could get before he hid. Thanks for any help

09/30/2007, 11:19 AM	#4
Maxi Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 1,381	Their natural prey is shrimp. Mine has killed one of my peppermint shrimps, I bought another one yesterday and its still alive. My hermit crabs when they cross in front of its tunnel, they get shot, their shell flipped over and shot again. I haven't lost anything to my pistol shrimp, except one peppermint shrimp. So I really doubt that they will kill anything else except a smaller pistol shrimp, or a mantis shrimp that's about their size, and a shrimp. Last edited by Maxi; 09/30/2007 at 11:26 AM.

09/30/2007, 10:44 AM	#2
Maxi Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 1,381	Sounds like a pistol shrimp. Listen for gun shots at night.

09/30/2007, 11:15 AM	#3
wintercool97 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: New Mexico Posts: 166	I am pretty sure that is what it was but just wanted someone else to confirm. I have a question about pistol shrimp. I keep reading that they are reef safe. But if they kill and eat cleaner shrimp wouldn't they do that to other things too?

09/30/2007, 11:46 AM	#6
Maxi Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 1,381	The mantis can kill the pistol too! I haven't read or seen a pistol shrimp and mantis fight, but people say that pistol shrimp can kill a mantis.