Strange creature in my rock

[JetStarheart]

I purchased a 3# piece of liverock back in Jan. it "clicked" for a very very long time.. Now that I am GLUED to my tank when i am at home,especialy feeding time. I have noticed a "hand" darting out of the small holes in the rock. I think one side is hollow.. Is it possible some sort of crustacean layed eggs in it and one hatched and lived? I am DYING to know what this is but am afraid to kill it if i split the rock.. More afrad still that I might NOT want to know what is actually in there.. Opinions?

 

[skinz78]

Sounds like ether a pistol shrimp or a Mantis Shrimp. Does it still click?

 

[JetStarheart]

It clicks every so often.. Not as much as when I first got the piece. The "hand" is very long and white..

 

[Kworker]

Try to lure it out at night. Or set up a trap to find out what it is

 

[JetStarheart]

Heres the thing.. It cannot get out.. It litterally can only stick its 1 leg out at a time.. I have taken to target feeding it..

 

[Eienna]

Heres the thing.. It cannot get out.. It litterally can only stick its 1 leg out at a time.. I have taken to target feeding it..

Well...it can't harm anything if it can't get out.

Seems like a dismal existence, though.

 

[Kworker]

Heres the thing.. It cannot get out.. It litterally can only stick its 1 leg out at a time.. I have taken to target feeding it..

Are you sure it's "cant" not won't lol stop feeding it than try and lure it out.

Or pick up a gopro camera to get a closeup? Haha

 

[JetStarheart]

Yep. Positive it cannot get out..

 

[Kworker]

Yep. Positive it cannot get out..

Possible to take a pic of the arm that comes out? if it were either a Mantis or pistol I believe they can burrow their way out by hitting rock in their way. I think best thing would be a pic.

 

[Ditzy3]

Wow so inte r esting. Now I want to know ehat it is.. lol

 

[mOnsterzOas26]

Sorry to post here guys , but I want to know if this is a mantis shrimp ?

 

[nitro'sreef]

yeap

 

[_Alex_]

Looks like mantis to me by that pic


-Alex-

 

[mOnsterzOas26]

Thanks guys , I been hearing strange sounds in the lil cube , until today I saw that shrimp and took a pic before it hide

 

[mOnsterzOas26]

Here's a better pic , it's all red , what type of mantis could it be ?

 

[franklypre]

Red Mantis shrimp, what are you feeding it?

 

[c_healy]

I would think if it got in, it can most certainly get out. Unless its entry is now covered, like say that side is facing down in the sand.

 

[mOnsterzOas26]

I think he's been eating some of my snails cause they been recently vanishing and I saw him or her today eating spectrum pellets that I feed my clownfish

 

[_Alex_]

Ya that's a mantis for sure. And that's all of it right there lol not just a hand.


-Alex-

 

[eliramos]

nice if you have a spare i would make a tank especially for him!
nothing crazy something small they are cool to have! However he will grab a clownfish or any thing else it can shoot down with those claws...including one of your fingers!
definitly remove soon