Paranoid Newbie

[sal713]

I keep hearing a clicking noise in my tank. From what I read, possibly a mantis. I tried to look with a flashlight and low and behold!
Batteries dead. I quick put on the light. Didnt find a mantis..yet..but what the heck are those little (silvery prehistoric things about the side of a 1/4 pc of rice) running around on my liverock?! I guess its a different world in there at night. Anything? ok to have?

 

[reef_magic]

possibly a pistol or mantis. dont come to any coclusions until u spot it. do u have any other livestock a mantis might harm?

 

[benj2112]

Originally posted by sal713
but what the heck are those little (silvery prehistoric things about the side of a 1/4 pc of rice) running around on my liverock?! I guess its a different world in there at night. Anything? ok to have?
Did your prehistoric things look like this pic? If they did then they are just pods and good to have. They just run around looking for bits of detritus to eat.

 

[sal713]

i really couldnt tell. They scattered like roaches when I put the light on. I'll try again tonight. They only come out at night? I dont see them during the day.

 

[jtkld75]

do these pods sometimes spin around in circles? how big do they get, i had found one also, then last night found a ton though i had an infestation of mantis on my most alive piece of LR.
hope they are not mantis..
jt

 

[foxface402]

looks to be pods running around your tank they are a good sign. the clicking sounds is either a mantis or pistol more than likely it a pistol. pistol shrimp aren't bad but mantis are if you are sure it a mantis 100% this is how you get him out. take the rock out he is in hold it over the 5gal bucket with saltwater, mix a high amount of salt and water together and squirt it in his hole it will burn him out in to the bucket then sell him. and make sure before you do it what you got.