Help ID this guy

[thefeds]

I think this is a tiny mantis, but all I get to see is his head and eye balls poking out from a hole in the live rock. Rock is from gulf live rock. I have two clowns in the tank. What am I in for? I kinda wanna keep him in there.

 

[W31Olds]

Smasher Mantis Shrimp. I got at least one in my recent TBS Live Rock order. Probably not going to bother your Clowns, but snails and crabs maybe shrimp are fair game.

 

[thefeds]

I don't have any shrimp, although I thought about getting a pep shrimp for aptaisa. I assume if I get nudi they will get eaten too?

 

[Stomatopods17]

nudibranch would be bad idea. Depending on which one it is the outcome is typically bad.

Hard to id the exact species, would need something clearer.

 

[Hadla]

What stomatopods said :) but from the gulf, it’s most likely a wennerae:

n_wennerae

 

[thefeds]

Cool, thanks for the insights, I hear him all day snapping happily...Hope he'll come out so I can see his coloring.