Need Help With Anemone

Carbon · 12-27-2006, 04:14 PM

Well I just bought a bubble tip anemone, and since it is well attached to the rock we also took the rock. However after assimilating it I placed it in the tank and I saw little shrimp come out the holes of the rock, I immediately placed it in a bucket filled with water from my tank. What should I do, should I place it in the tank and let the shrimps live or break the rock off until I get the piece with the anemone on it.,

Ice · 12-27-2006, 09:48 PM

What does it look like ? Can you provide us a picture of what you found ? If it has pincers in form similar to a praying mantis, it's a mantis shrimp. They are nasty to have in your tank and will eat your fish. Get rid of it or sell it.

mr.dark-saint · 12-28-2006, 03:52 AM

Pistol Shrimps not much better than the Mantis.

**Damon** · 12-28-2006, 09:28 AM

Pistol shrimps are harmless. Completely different than mantis shrimp. May even form a relationship whith watchman gobies. If they are pistol shrimp, a great find.

harif87 · 12-28-2006, 11:06 AM

Mantis shrimp dont have pinchers

mr.dark-saint · 12-29-2006, 04:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Damon

Pistol shrimps are harmless. Completely different than mantis shrimp. May even form a relationship whith watchman gobies. If they are pistol shrimp, a great find.

They have the ability of popping off at a fish stunning them and then eating them. If this is harmless then I am wrong. To me "harmless" means they live off sunlight or feed off of plankton.

harif87 · 12-29-2006, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by mr.dark-saint

They have the ability of popping off at a fish stunning them and then eating them. If this is harmless then I am wrong. To me "harmless" means they live off sunlight or feed off of plankton.

Then i bet you dont keep fish in your tank since theyre not harmless either

CollegeReefer · 12-29-2006, 10:12 AM

There have been very few cases at which pistol shrimp have caused problems in a tank. If you could describe what the shrimp looked like please do, but you are not going to want to keep your BTA without light for too long or you will loose him.

mr.dark-saint · 12-30-2006, 03:56 AM

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Originally Posted by harif87

Then i bet you dont keep fish in your tank since theyre not harmless either

Since, I don't think you were following the posts I was replying to the "Pistol Shrimp".

As for me not keeping fish I won't even bother to answer that one

.

CollegeReefer · 12-30-2006, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by mr.dark-saint

Since, I don't think you were following the posts I was replying to the "Pistol Shrimp".

As for me not keeping fish I won't even bother to answer that one

.

I think what he was saying that even fish can be aggressive and cause problems in a tank, even peacefull fish. He was getting at that if you never point in a particular species because it may cause problems in the tank then you wouldn't have anything in your tank.

**Fishfirst** · 12-30-2006, 09:13 PM

Certain species of pistols could be a problem, but not the tiger pistols and randalls pistols that can be pretty easy to ID.

12-27-2006, 04:14 PM	#1
Carbon Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1 User Feedback: (0)	Need Help With Anemone Well I just bought a bubble tip anemone, and since it is well attached to the rock we also took the rock. However after assimilating it I placed it in the tank and I saw little shrimp come out the holes of the rock, I immediately placed it in a bucket filled with water from my tank. What should I do, should I place it in the tank and let the shrimps live or break the rock off until I get the piece with the anemone on it.,

12-28-2006, 03:52 AM	#3
mr.dark-saint Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 36 Posts: 177 User Feedback: (0)	Pistol Shrimps not much better than the Mantis. __________________ It's only after we've lost everything, that we're free to do anything.

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Damon Aquatic Naturalist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dayton, Ohio Age: 32 Posts: 14,982 User Feedback: (0)	Pistol shrimps are harmless. Completely different than mantis shrimp. May even form a relationship whith watchman gobies. If they are pistol shrimp, a great find. __________________ For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Member of the AGA (Aquatic Gardner's Association) Member of the IBC (International Betta Congress)

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harif87 Minor Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Age: 21 Posts: 989 User Feedback: (1)	Mantis shrimp dont have pinchers __________________ sorry for beating you senseless "The human torch was denied a bank loan"

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CollegeReefer Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Stevens Pont, Wisconsin Age: 22 Posts: 375 User Feedback: (0)	There have been very few cases at which pistol shrimp have caused problems in a tank. If you could describe what the shrimp looked like please do, but you are not going to want to keep your BTA without light for too long or you will loose him. __________________ CollegeReefer

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12-27-2006, 09:48 PM	#2
Ice Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Age: 43 Posts: 502 User Feedback: (0)	What does it look like ? Can you provide us a picture of what you found ? If it has pincers in form similar to a praying mantis, it's a mantis shrimp. They are nasty to have in your tank and will eat your fish. Get rid of it or sell it.

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Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Soon to be Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,478 User Feedback: (1)	Certain species of pistols could be a problem, but not the tiger pistols and randalls pistols that can be pretty easy to ID. __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

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