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09-07-2002, 11:55 PM
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~~~Nuts~~~
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Ohio
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Clicking noise?
ok guys I have a question....I have been hearing this loud clicking noise in my tank for the past few days...do hermit crabs do that? Its really loud but I have never heard it before...its during the day and after the lights go out, I haven't added any live rock for over 4 years...so I don't know what it could be.
Help! lol its driving my dog nuts 
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09-08-2002, 12:03 AM
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onetwentythree
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Chandler, Az
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could be your pumps?
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09-08-2002, 12:04 AM
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Birthday tracker
Join Date: Jan 2000
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My first thought would be a mantis shrimp. But I think it's odd that you're just now hearing it after having the rock for 4 years
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09-08-2002, 12:19 AM
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~~~Nuts~~~
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Ohio
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see thats what my first thoughts were too...I don't think its the pumps at all though
It sounds like stones hitting together but just a bit louder, no maybe thats not it lol...I can't explain it really
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09-08-2002, 12:34 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Bonney Lake, Washington
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Don't Pistol Shrimp make that noise? Have you traded/bought corals and maybe got a small one in some macro algae and now he's big and hungry? It seems to me a thread I started long ago got those answers to a related problem.
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09-08-2002, 12:38 AM
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~~~Nuts~~~
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Ohio
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no the only thing that has changed in at least two years is I moved my tank from upstairs to downstairs...and let me tell you its not fun to move a 125
anyways...no the only thing that I can think of is that the hermit crabs are getting HUGE...and have killed most of my snails...I have to find a local saltwater store that isn't an hour away to get rid of them
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09-08-2002, 12:40 AM
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~~~Nuts~~~
Join Date: Aug 2001
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Would they cause that sound?
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09-08-2002, 12:44 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Bonney Lake, Washington
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I have seen some pretty big hermits at my favorite LFS in Portland. I would think when they get to battling or banging their shell on the glass it could make that sound.
Better defer to a more experienced reefer.
My Bluelegs have all but wiped out my Scarletts and themselves. I am down to 2. ! is about a 1/4 inch and one other. When I transferred to the new 240 I didnt have the heart to flush them.
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09-08-2002, 03:44 AM
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It's me again
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Scottsdale,AZ
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When do the clicks occur? Have you ever heard them in a series?
I would describe a mantis to sound like a floating glass thermometer
being pushed into the glass by a water current.
If I was in Vegas my money would be on a pistol shrimp. If you had a mantis you would notice
mutilated crab remains from time to time.
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09-08-2002, 11:20 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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I would have to lean the way of mantis or pistol shrimp to. If it was mechanical you would here the sound all day, with the shrimps it would be only at night or when the lights are out. A good sign to look for is holes in the sides of the shells of your snails.
Its that or your bristle worms have been taking tap dance lessons. 
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09-08-2002, 11:35 AM
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~~~Nuts~~~
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Ohio
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09-08-2002, 12:40 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: thousand oaks, ca
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FWIW my blue leg herm will occas click on the side while going by, or manages to crawl part way up a corner.
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