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[Tim / TSA]

Borrow a triggerfish, sure thing.

From: "Rod" >
Subject: Re: small pistol shrimp preditor
Date: Saturday, March 27, 2004 7:55 AM

Are you sure that they are not amphipods/gramara shrimp insteadof Mantis
shrimps?

>
>Thanks for the reply Ross. The pistol shrimps are about 1cm long and
>have sighted about 10 of them bit i think there's a heap more. Im just
>a bit concerned what they might do when they grow up. Yep ive only got
>angels and tangs in my tank neither of which ive seen eat any of the
>small pistol shrimps.
>
>
>On 27 Mar 2004 03:34:37 -0500, (Ross Bagley)
>wrote:
>
writes:
>>
>>> I know this is probably a bit ask but are there any reef safe
>>> animals that will eat baby pistol shrimps.
>>
>>Shrimp larvae, like most living things of about that size, are an
>>ideal food source for almost any marine fish with a nonspecific diet.
>>I.e., not a herbivore, not a piscivore (fish-eater), etc.
>>
>>Just about all of the reef-safe fish in a reef tank are likely to
>>enjoy a shrimp larvae snack.
>>
>>> Im guessing the existing
>>> ones i have have reproduced now i have about 100 of the little
>>> critters roaming around which i guess eventually will become bigger
>>> critters and cause me some pain.
>>
>>Possibly, but really unlikely unless your tank is almost empty or only
>>contains herbivorous fish.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Ross
>>
>>-- Ross Bagley http://rossbagley.com/rba
>>"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature...
>>Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." -- Helen Keller
>

Rod Buehler
www.asplashoflife.com

[Richard Reynolds]

> Borrow a triggerfish, sure thing.

a nice big clown

more so if he is hungry (skip feeding for a day or 2)
> Are you sure that they are not amphipods/gramara shrimp insteadof Mantis
> shrimps?

sounds more likely
otherwise they wont "grow up" as anything eats small shrimp eventually

--
Richard Reynolds