Friend or Foe?

[emjane]

Hi all you knowledgeable Reefers....I brought this Christmas tree coral rock a cpl of weeks ago..I have a hitchhiker ...Friend or Foe?..I have been told it could be a mantis shrimp and pistol shrimp or a crab ...Im worried it will kill my Christmas worms if i do nothing...TIA

 

[ieatbugman]

The picture link is not working, you could try resending it or uploading it to YouTube

 

[emjane]

hope this works

 

[ieatbugman]

Looks kinda mantisy to me but it is rather hard to tell. I do not think that is a pistol shrimp.

 

[BryanM]

Hi all you knowledgeable Reefers....I brought this Christmas tree coral rock a cpl of weeks ago..I have a hitchhiker ...Friend or Foe?..I have been told it could be a mantis shrimp and pistol shrimp or a crab ...Im worried it will kill my Christmas worms if i do nothing...TIA

video worked for me, but I'm not sure.

 

[OrchidMiss]

Looks like a type of crab to me?
Sort of?

 

[ieatbugman]

I would honestly be a little more worried about fish if you had any

 

[emjane]

I would honestly be a little more worried about fish if you had any

I have a pixie hawk a lawn mower blenny and 2 clowns in an 80lrt... So far so good..fingers crossed

 

[BryanM]

If I were to guess base on that vid, it almost looks like a peacock mantis. It looks mantis like to me, but my mantis shrimp didn't have colors like that.

Do you hear clicking from the tank? If yes, mantis. PITA to catch, though some people love them. I still have one more to catch sadly.

 

[emjane]

If I were to guess base on that vid, it almost looks like a peacock mantis. It looks mantis like to me, but my mantis shrimp didn't have colors like that.

Do you hear clicking from the tank? If yes, mantis. PITA to catch, though some people love them. I still have one more to catch sadly.

I have heard no clicking so far..tried to even catch the little bugger out at night with no luck..the only way to get it out is to destroy the canal it lives in which could go all the way through...arrhhh

 

[OrchidMiss]

@ISpeakForTheSeas will likely have a quick ID