green lobster in acro?

[pomme]

green lobster in acro?

i was looking at my tank this morning and saw this bright illuminous green lobster? . I had seen something in the acro that was green before but i thought it was a mithrax crab, although i did see a small acro crab when i saw the green lobster.





do you guys know what it is and whether its fine in there?

ps sorry about picture quality , just the other side of the tank.

andrew

[Mafiaman]

Green Lobster brings Mantis shrimp to mind.

[Doug1]

uh huh, can you get a better shot of it?

[pomme]

have been trying all day, lol , here is the picture which i cropped it out of:



but ill keep trying, it seems to know when i have the camera out

[pomme]

i have been searching around and this seems to be what i have:

http://www.wading-in.net/Tank/Pistolshrimp.html

are these bad for the tank?

[Igo]

I dont know much but in that article it said clicking sounds......I know clicking sounds are bad.

[Mafiaman]

Pistol shrimp are good, how ever unlike other shrimp these will take advantage of small, sick or dieing fish.

[pomme]

do you guys think whats in my tank is what is in the link?

[Mafiaman]

My opinion only,,, No.
Green pistols are not common, pail white with red stripes are the more common colors of the pistol species.
I still would think mantis. There are many more of them that are green. But I would be very glad if I was wrong.
Mantis shrimp are very aggressive.

[adrianleewelch]

I bet its a mantis, throw some welding leads in the tank and stand back, if your lucky he will die.. I doubt its a pistol, if his claws are kept up under his body, not out front like cleaners and if his eyes are on the end of stalks, not flat on his head its a mantis. Have you recently added new live rock ?

[ruhspolostar]

I'd rather have a pistol on the loose than a mantis...jeesh those things are like the equivallent of T-Rex in the crustacean world

[pomme]

thanx for the replys guys.

adrianleewelch
it always has its claws out in front of him, like a lobster, and his eyes ehich arewhite are flat onhis head? it seems very like the picture but after looking at him a bit more he doesnt havethe hard shelling inhis back?

any more ideas guys?

do you know where there is like a data base for mantis and pistol shrimps so i can look through and see if i can find him?

a

[Reefer Addict]

Well, I found one link to a shrimp database: Shrimps

I also doubt it's a pistol shrimp... they are a sand-burrowing species, so if you're seeing this in an acropora, it's either a commensal shrimp, or a pistol that's completely lots it's mind.

In that list of shrimps, there's one near the bottom called a 'Green Acropora Shrimp'... does yours look anything like that?

HTH.

[pomme]

thanx for the link, i reckon it will be that, but am not sure as there picture wast too good, but have emailed them and see what they reckon it is

thanx again

a

[adrianleewelch]

Hey thats awesome, hope youve Id'd the thing, also glad that it prolly isnt a mantis, they are so hard to catch