Question of the year.........

I hope someone may be able to help please......

Throughout the day and mainly at night a 'tapping' noise comes from my 4
foot SW fish and reef tank.

The noise sounds like 'clicks'. about 3 or four in a couple of seconds.

It is 99% the same as tapping the glass heater against the side
gently.....(but it is not this)

It is hard to pin-point the area of the tank it comes from.

It is quite loud.

'click-click-click'......driving me mad.

It is not the star fish tapping or the clown fish or live rock rubbing or
coral swinging in the current.

all help appreciated.

lg

sounds like you might have a pistol shrimp or 2 in your aquarium.

Kim


lg wrote:
I hope someone may be able to help please......

Throughout the day and mainly at night a 'tapping' noise comes from my 4
foot SW fish and reef tank.

The noise sounds like 'clicks'. about 3 or four in a couple of seconds.

It is 99% the same as tapping the glass heater against the side
gently.....(but it is not this)

It is hard to pin-point the area of the tank it comes from.

It is quite loud.

'click-click-click'......driving me mad.

It is not the star fish tapping or the clown fish or live rock rubbing or
coral swinging in the current.

all help appreciated.

lg

"kim gross" wrote in message
...
sounds like you might have a pistol shrimp or 2 in your aquarium.

Kim


There is what I think may be a shrimp.

I like the tank and all is well with it.......but I Just bought the stock
for it....kepp it alive and would not have a clue of any of there names
except for the Clown fish.

There is a shrimp. It looks like a prawn with legs. It walks about the
bottom of the tank. He is an original resident. He is off white in colour
with brown stripes about his tail. He has a small bit of bright blue about
the front legs and mouth area.

Is it him that goes 'click click click'. the clicks are getting a little
louder. He has shed skin 4 times and is getting bigger.

advise please and thanks so far.

lg





lg wrote:
I hope someone may be able to help please......

Throughout the day and mainly at night a 'tapping' noise comes from my 4
foot SW fish and reef tank.

The noise sounds like 'clicks'. about 3 or four in a couple of seconds.

It is 99% the same as tapping the glass heater against the side
gently.....(but it is not this)

It is hard to pin-point the area of the tank it comes from.

It is quite loud.

'click-click-click'......driving me mad.

It is not the star fish tapping or the clown fish or live rock rubbing
or
coral swinging in the current.

all help appreciated.

lg

"lg" wrote in message
...

"kim gross" wrote in message
...
sounds like you might have a pistol shrimp or 2 in your aquarium.

Kim


There is what I think may be a shrimp.

I like the tank and all is well with it.......but I Just bought the stock
for it....kepp it alive and would not have a clue of any of there names
except for the Clown fish.

There is a shrimp. It looks like a prawn with legs. It walks about the
bottom of the tank. He is an original resident. He is off white in colour
with brown stripes about his tail. He has a small bit of bright blue about
the front legs and mouth area.

Is it him that goes 'click click click'. the clicks are getting a little
louder. He has shed skin 4 times and is getting bigger.

advise please and thanks so far.

lg



Sorry..... I just looked up a picture of a pistol shrimp.

Not what I have. Mine has longer legs and WAY smaller claws.

lg




lg wrote:
I hope someone may be able to help please......

Throughout the day and mainly at night a 'tapping' noise comes from my
4
foot SW fish and reef tank.

The noise sounds like 'clicks'. about 3 or four in a couple of
seconds.

It is 99% the same as tapping the glass heater against the side
gently.....(but it is not this)

It is hard to pin-point the area of the tank it comes from.

It is quite loud.

'click-click-click'......driving me mad.

It is not the star fish tapping or the clown fish or live rock rubbing
or
coral swinging in the current.

all help appreciated.

lg

I have the same problem. A tapping or knocking sound but both at night and
during the day. No signs of a shrimp, either pistol or mantis, and as it
turned out it wasn't a shrimp. It was my large bengai cardinal. He makes
this loud popping noise with his mouth to scare/intimidate the other fish.

Robert

"kim gross" wrote in message
...
sounds like you might have a pistol shrimp or 2 in your aquarium.

Kim


lg wrote:
I hope someone may be able to help please......

Throughout the day and mainly at night a 'tapping' noise comes from my 4
foot SW fish and reef tank.

The noise sounds like 'clicks'. about 3 or four in a couple of seconds.

It is 99% the same as tapping the glass heater against the side
gently.....(but it is not this)

It is hard to pin-point the area of the tank it comes from.

It is quite loud.

'click-click-click'......driving me mad.

It is not the star fish tapping or the clown fish or live rock rubbing
or
coral swinging in the current.

all help appreciated.

lg

Just might be a mantis shrimp. Read here ----
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/marine/in...ntisshrimp.htm

TM

On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 20:06:14 +1000, "lg" wrote:


"lg" wrote in message
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"kim gross" wrote in message
...
sounds like you might have a pistol shrimp or 2 in your aquarium.

Kim


There is what I think may be a shrimp.

I like the tank and all is well with it.......but I Just bought the stock
for it....kepp it alive and would not have a clue of any of there names
except for the Clown fish.

There is a shrimp. It looks like a prawn with legs. It walks about the
bottom of the tank. He is an original resident. He is off white in colour
with brown stripes about his tail. He has a small bit of bright blue about
the front legs and mouth area.

Is it him that goes 'click click click'. the clicks are getting a little
louder. He has shed skin 4 times and is getting bigger.

advise please and thanks so far.

lg



Sorry..... I just looked up a picture of a pistol shrimp.

Not what I have. Mine has longer legs and WAY smaller claws.

lg




lg wrote:
I hope someone may be able to help please......

Throughout the day and mainly at night a 'tapping' noise comes from my
4
foot SW fish and reef tank.

The noise sounds like 'clicks'. about 3 or four in a couple of
seconds.

It is 99% the same as tapping the glass heater against the side
gently.....(but it is not this)

It is hard to pin-point the area of the tank it comes from.

It is quite loud.

'click-click-click'......driving me mad.

It is not the star fish tapping or the clown fish or live rock rubbing
or
coral swinging in the current.

all help appreciated.

lg

Mantis Shrimp, right .. ?

On a side note, if you do capture this you may be able to sell/trade it for
something good. There are many folks who like keeping these terrors


"lg" wrote in message
...
I hope someone may be able to help please......

Throughout the day and mainly at night a 'tapping' noise comes from my 4
foot SW fish and reef tank.

The noise sounds like 'clicks'. about 3 or four in a couple of seconds.

It is 99% the same as tapping the glass heater against the side
gently.....(but it is not this)

It is hard to pin-point the area of the tank it comes from.

It is quite loud.

'click-click-click'......driving me mad.

It is not the star fish tapping or the clown fish or live rock rubbing or
coral swinging in the current.

all help appreciated.

lg

Something else... if you have Florida Live Rock it also could be a
"mussel"(for the lack of the proper
species name) attached to the rock. I've had what I'm almost sure was
them snapping.

But a Pistol or Mantis can be very leery of people and might be hard to
catch a glimpse of
if your not crafty.

In the middle of the night, break out a small pen flashlight, creep up
softly to the tank
and look around. You might be surprised what you will see.

lg wrote:

I hope someone may be able to help please......

Throughout the day and mainly at night a 'tapping' noise comes from my 4
foot SW fish and reef tank.

The noise sounds like 'clicks'. about 3 or four in a couple of seconds.

It is 99% the same as tapping the glass heater against the side
gently.....(but it is not this)

It is hard to pin-point the area of the tank it comes from.

It is quite loud.

'click-click-click'......driving me mad.

It is not the star fish tapping or the clown fish or live rock rubbing or
coral swinging in the current.

all help appreciated.

lg





--
Ric Seyler

I have a similar clicking/tapping noise that is caused by my hermit crabs
walking beside the glass, their shell tapping against the glass.
bc
"lg" wrote in message
...
I hope someone may be able to help please......

Throughout the day and mainly at night a 'tapping' noise comes from my 4
foot SW fish and reef tank.

The noise sounds like 'clicks'. about 3 or four in a couple of seconds.

It is 99% the same as tapping the glass heater against the side
gently.....(but it is not this)

It is hard to pin-point the area of the tank it comes from.

It is quite loud.

'click-click-click'......driving me mad.

It is not the star fish tapping or the clown fish or live rock rubbing or
coral swinging in the current.

all help appreciated.

lg

It could also be a snail crawling on a powerhead. The shell
vibrates against your glass, causing the sound you hear.

Marc


lg wrote:

I hope someone may be able to help please......

Throughout the day and mainly at night a 'tapping' noise comes from my 4
foot SW fish and reef tank.

The noise sounds like 'clicks'. about 3 or four in a couple of seconds.

It is 99% the same as tapping the glass heater against the side
gently.....(but it is not this)

It is hard to pin-point the area of the tank it comes from.

It is quite loud.

'click-click-click'......driving me mad.

It is not the star fish tapping or the clown fish or live rock rubbing or
coral swinging in the current.

all help appreciated.

lg



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