lbiminiblue
Well-Known Member
So I finally found the clicking. While doing a tank cleanup today, I pulled out the rock I always suspected of harboring a mantis.
I dunked it in a black bin with freshwater, and waited. 4-5 minutes. I took out the rock and started pouring cold water into it, hoping to flush it out.
Only then did I think to look back in the bin. I found a pistol shrimp. It has a blue tail and pink body. Unfortunately it seemed close to death, or already dead.
I scooped it up and put it in a net in the tank, but its been still for the past 4 minutes. Did I kill it? How long can these guys survive?
And to make things worse: the shrimp is pregnant. It's tail is absolutely stuffed with green that I imagine can only be eggs. .
And while typing this up, I just heard another click emanating from the tank.
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I dunked it in a black bin with freshwater, and waited. 4-5 minutes. I took out the rock and started pouring cold water into it, hoping to flush it out.
Only then did I think to look back in the bin. I found a pistol shrimp. It has a blue tail and pink body. Unfortunately it seemed close to death, or already dead.
I scooped it up and put it in a net in the tank, but its been still for the past 4 minutes. Did I kill it? How long can these guys survive?
And to make things worse: the shrimp is pregnant. It's tail is absolutely stuffed with green that I imagine can only be eggs. .
And while typing this up, I just heard another click emanating from the tank.
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