Clicking sound

[Poseidon]

hey guys, this may sound a little strange, but every night i hear this weird clicking sound in my tank, its random, no rhythm to it..

i look with a flashlight handy but then it never does it, but when i lay back down in my bed, i hear it again...

my stock is:

naso tang
2 breeding clowns
mandarine goby
flame angel
bi-colour angel
peppermint shrimp
various snails, turbo, nassarius, trochus,
1 hermit crab....


i havent a clue, any ideas anyone??

 

[TORX]

There is a crab that does it. Can't Yoko of the name and can't look it up ATM.

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[JordanHurst]

Mantis shrimp? or a pistol shrimp, I believe the Mantis will kill your snails and I believe they make the clicking sound with their claws!!
Are you finding any dead snails/cracked shells in the tank?

 

[TORX]

Pistol shrimp maybe...? Damn, it was just on the Octanauts lol

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[davesolo29]

pistol was my guess too.
the octonauts.. lmao

 

[reefin]

Pistol shrimp is my guess! They are a cool addition but deadly to others in the tank like cleaner shimp!

Pistol Shrimp sonic weapon - Weird Nature - BBC wildlife


is this what you are hearing?
Rare Video of Tiger Pistol Shrimp popping/clicking loud noise!

 

[Poseidon]

No dead snails , and in my opinion, no way that anything could have been introduced without me knowing.

 

[davesolo29]

is this the rock or substrate from that system you picked up?  they hide in crevices or can even manage to make it thru substrate rinsing.
trust me.

 

[reefin]

Well......out of the live rock that I picked up from you ......I have had now since late October and I continue to fine some very interesting little creatures on it and in it! Just yesterday I found another star fish on one of the pieces in my QT tank. I have sat and watched over the last 3 months to see what would come out of it. I now have 6 brittle stars and 3 star fish. Don't know what kind of star fish they are cause I can't seem to get a very good picture of them but the one I found yesterday is about 3/4" from arm tip to arm tip and a grayish colour.  Just sayin! 

 

[davesolo29]

look like these??

 

[Poseidon]

Ya I have those too

 

[reefin]

I have those as well but no look much more like the sand sifting star fish!

 

[unibob]

Could a snails shell be tapping against glass? Or your hermit eating up against glass on sand in your tank?

 

[davesolo29]

they can get pretty big.

 

[Poseidon]

Could a snails shell be tapping against glass? Or your hermit eating up against glass on sand in your tank?

its possible i guess, but its there every night...
its very strange... and it does sound kinda like the pistol shrimps click, but that could just be me.

 

[harleymike]

my guese is pistol shrimp. i went through the same thing about 4 years ago. And it turned out too be the pistol shrimp.

 

[reefin]

they can get pretty big.

I didn't think they got that big. Well maybe that's what it is then. I wasn't to worried about them as they are in the QT tank.

 

[Duke]

No dead snails , and in my opinion, no way that anything could have been introduced without me knowing.

it very well could be, it didnt have to be a full sized adult.. it could have been a 1cm small one that was in some rock.. or even hiding in the base of a coral you added.