Pistol shrimp rode in on some LR

[crikket]

Have had my tank set up for 4 wks, only have a hermit in it rt now with 3 different small shrooms that I just got yesterday!! Love 'em! All my levels are great, I'm setting the tank up for pipefish(2) I found out that I have a pistol shrimp, (he's very cool!!) am wondering if this will be ok with the pipefish?? He's very small, not even 1" ! From everything I've read about them, they seem ok to have, but am wanting to hear from people who actually have/had them, any problems w/them?? Am also wanting to know if there is any type of crab (besides hermit) that I can have along w/pipefish?? Would appreciate any comments/suggestions....
Thanks
crikket:thinking:

 

[cprdnick]

Are you 100% positive it's a pistol? To me they look like little lobsters. Some lobsters are notorious for killing anything that swims or walks near it.

 

[crikket]

Well it makes an awful lot of racket with all the "snapping", that's how I new there was something in the tank, but wasn't sure what it was, then I happened to see something a few days ago that was "shrimp-like", but very fast, so took out the rock it was in and put it in a bowl with part fresh water and out he came!!! Very small w/black stripes and one claw bigger than the other.... Tiger Pistol? So I just dropped him back in the tank for now anyway...

 

[rbmount]

Do a search for pistol shrimp then mantis shrimp at the top of this page to be sure. A pistol is good a mantis is bad.

 

[fender]

It' not a mantis.

 

[fender]

Looks like this:

 

[dflannagan]

pretty cool critter

 

[fender]

Freaks you out when you walk by and hear the 'snap' coming from the tank. Some nights you wonder if there are two of them having a shoot out.

 

[beachbumtx]

Originally posted by crikket
Am also wanting to know if there is any type of crab (besides hermit) that I can have along w/pipefish?? Would appreciate any comments/suggestions....
Thanks
crikket:thinking:
HIya!,
You ought to be able to put arrow crabs and emerald crabs in with the pipefish.

 

[crikket]

Hey thanks for the response BBTX!!
I have heard that Arrow crabs would not be good, that they would attemp to eat the smaller/slower things........ ?? Just what I've heard and read. I really like the emerald crabs, but wasn't sure if they would be ok w/pipefish......... What about an Anemone crab, do they HAVE to be w/an anemone???
Thanks
crikket