What is that noise?

[1QuickSubaru]

I have my new setup with live rock thats been cycling for a month and a few weeks ago i got some corals in there. For some odd reason I keep hearing popping sounds. I have hermits and snails but no broken shells anywhere. I just hear pops every now and then but I dont see anything. Could it still be a mantis or a pistol shrimp that hitchhiked? How can i find them damn thing or capture it?

 

[noodleman]

pistols wont kill anything and are reef safe, but mantis do kill things and eat them....so if you find dead fish and broken shells go hunting, if not probably jsut a pistol

 

[1QuickSubaru]

i also notice a few slug looking things that are white and can shoot at a long web looking thing and retract them. I caught one in its in a jar but part of it got cut off and is still in the tank moving. I also see another one that I cant get to and its even bigger. It shoots a web like 6 inches long and if I tap on the glass where its on it retracts it back.... some weird ass creatures coming out at night....

 

[autoponicz]

i had the same problem one time......and i finally realized its the dam coralife powercenter clicking(loud).....the timer had stopped working for quite a while and then it started clicking every few minutes!

sorry if not making sense....just did a water change and its getting late....time for bed

 

[1QuickSubaru]

any ideas on how to catch the pistol??

 

[sporty]

With another "pistol".Just make sure you don't miss because then they'll be water all over.

 

[deelucky]

where did you get your rocks from?tbs?

 

[scarf_ace1981]

sometimes the clicking sound comes from hermits banging each others shells