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Gobies, Firefish, Jawfish- And a Familiar Ticking Sound! (Possible Mantis Shrimp?

April 26, 2017familiar firefish gobies Mantis possible shrimp sound ticking

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Gobies, Firefish, Jawfish- And a Familiar Ticking Sound! (Possible Mantis Shrimp?

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Good morning fishy folks… It’s been months since I last wrote you… so things have been running pretty smoothly I must say. Just wanted to pick your brains about two things… I’ve had a pistol shrimp for a few years before finally giving it away due to the increasing hermit crab grave yard in my tank, so I am fairly familiar with Pistol Shrimps. Last November, within about a month of adding new liverock… I heard and quickly spotted a mantis shrimp and was able to catch him and trade him off for a feather duster at my retailer. Now, I am hearing a somewhat familiar sound coming from my tank and I haven’t added liverock since October last year. I have 4 hermit crabs, a peppermint cleaner shrimp, a large coral banded shrimp, and some sort of ‘rogue’ large black Mithrax crab. The liverock that was added in October seemed to be crawling with sandy brown-legged black-shelled crabs similar to