Need quick help, ID

Discdogge · 08-07-2006, 08:39 PM

What is this???

I need to know if I should put it back in the tank, it's about a half inch.

Linn

three90s&125sump · 08-07-2006, 09:12 PM

A shrimp or lobster. Can't tell you if it is reef safe. A shrimp iwould say yes a lobster i would say it would eat all your snails and crabs and shrimp. Maybe put it in your sump or QT untill you can find out what it is.

jdbassin · 08-07-2006, 09:16 PM

throw it in the sump to be safe, till you can get a positive id

jd

marineduud · 08-08-2006, 06:13 AM

Looks like it may be a Callianassa sp. ( Ghost Shrimp) or Axiopsis cf. but at that stage it's hard to tell. If it is a ghost shrimp it is reef safe they are good for aerating the sand bed. Could also be a pistol shrimp.

Bennihanna · 08-08-2006, 08:45 AM

It is an Alpheid Prawn or pistol shrimp. One claw is bigger than the other right? Harmless.

PelagicMagic · 08-08-2006, 01:44 PM

it does look like a pistol. Do you hear clicking sounds from the tank?

Discdogge · 08-09-2006, 06:15 PM

Pelagic, sometimes, but not recently. I think it's a pistol.

Thank you everyone.