Re: Pistol Shrimps - Are the really as loud as they say?

[Dragon Slayer]

the one's I have had in the past have all been quite loud IME I can hear
them at the other end of the house which is about 65' from the tanks.
its not a distractive sound thought and is not a "bang" sound but more like
a "click" sounds a lot like the glass of the tank cracking.

kc


"logan" > wrote in message
et...
> I am considering getting a Tiger Pistol Shrimp (Alpheus bellulus) and
> pairing it with a Luther's Watchman Goby (Cryptocentrus lutheri) in my 7g
> nano, but I am somewhat reluctant as I have heard that Pistol shrimps can
be
> very loud and what amusing at first quickly becomes annoying. Is this true
> or more myth than fact? Thanks.
>
>

[Teeb]

LOL.. like glass cracking.. I would freak out until I figured out what it
was. The loaches in my Oscar tank make a clicking sound when they chase each
other around the tank. It was neat at first... then it got sooo monotonous..

Teeb



"Dragon Slayer" > wrote in message
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> the one's I have had in the past have all been quite loud IME I can hear
> them at the other end of the house which is about 65' from the tanks.
> its not a distractive sound thought and is not a "bang" sound but more
like
> a "click" sounds a lot like the glass of the tank cracking.
>
> kc
>
>
> "logan" > wrote in message
> et...
> > I am considering getting a Tiger Pistol Shrimp (Alpheus bellulus) and
> > pairing it with a Luther's Watchman Goby (Cryptocentrus lutheri) in my
7g
> > nano, but I am somewhat reluctant as I have heard that Pistol shrimps
can
> be
> > very loud and what amusing at first quickly becomes annoying. Is this
true
> > or more myth than fact? Thanks.
> >
> >
>
>

[nocents]

It wakes me up sometimes, our pistol shrimp (4 inches long) is a very
amusing animal, looks like a red lobster Battle Bot, it snaps very hard,
enough to wake me up one room over, but watching this animal cruz around is
worth it.

The shrimp has a tunnel under every rock, and I believe it is having sex
with our Lawnmower Blenny, the Blenny looks kinda flushed, but he ain't
talking, dogs and cats living together, how'd have thought????

Nocents

"nocents" > wrote in message
om...
> sounds like someone tapping a glass window with a marble
>
> "logan" > wrote in message
> et...
> > I am considering getting a Tiger Pistol Shrimp (Alpheus bellulus) and
> > pairing it with a Luther's Watchman Goby (Cryptocentrus lutheri) in my
7g
> > nano, but I am somewhat reluctant as I have heard that Pistol shrimps
can
> be
> > very loud and what amusing at first quickly becomes annoying. Is this
true
> > or more myth than fact? Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>

[richard reynolds]

> a "click" sounds a lot like the glass of the tank cracking.

the only scary part about that statement is the how do you know what that sounds like !!!

>
> kc

--
richard reynolds

[Teeb]

Hopefully you at least felt sorry for the poor fish who were suddenly
flopping all over the house with nowhere to go, lol...

Teeb


"Dragon Slayer" > wrote in message
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> my ex's step dad busted a 29 with a chair leg once and I got to see the
> whole thing.......................if it was mine I'd have cried but being
it
> was my mother-in-law's I laughed my ass off.
>
>
> kc
>
> "richard reynolds" > wrote in message
> ...
> > > a "click" sounds a lot like the glass of the tank cracking.
> >
> > the only scary part about that statement is the how do you know what
that
> sounds like !!!
> >
> > >
> > > kc
> >
> > --
> > richard reynolds
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

[nocents]

Matthew A,

Thanks,

NoCents


"Matthew A." > wrote in message
news:IVBTa.14706$Bp2.13093@fed1read07...
> You ask if they're loud do you. Well if one takes into account exactly
what
> that "clicking" noise is, yes they're loud. That "clicking" sound you hear
> is actually a sonic boom. Much as is the "crack" of a whip or airplane
> breaking the sound barrier. Except the shrimp isn't moving that fast but
the
> tiny bubbles that air created as it "snaps" shut it's claw are. Test have
> been conducted by researchers at Hubbs/SeaWorld reseach Inst. that measure
> the sound pressure these guys could create at being over 140 dB @ 2.5 cm.
> dB wise that's loud enough to cause damage to tissue. Hence what they use
> their talent for. To stun prey.
> "logan" > wrote in message
> et...
> > I am considering getting a Tiger Pistol Shrimp (Alpheus bellulus) and
> > pairing it with a Luther's Watchman Goby (Cryptocentrus lutheri) in my
7g
> > nano, but I am somewhat reluctant as I have heard that Pistol shrimps
can
> be
> > very loud and what amusing at first quickly becomes annoying. Is this
true
> > or more myth than fact? Thanks.
> >
> >
>
>
>