Clicking?

hello, i hear some clicking but...it sounds just like when a shell of a hermit or snail hits the glass...is there anyway to figure this out lol...i dont know...i might be a pistol shrimp or somthing i cant ever figure out where it is coming from

 

Pistol and Mantis shrimp are famous for clicking noises. How long has your tank been set up and have you added any new live rock lately?

 

Well its been up for about 1 year and yes i have added some rock vbut it had been doing that once ana while before that...how loud and often does a pistol shrimp or mantis shrimp click...and if so how should i get rid of it (if am mantis)...there is too much rock and corals to move rocks...hmm r there any traps?

 

One click with pauses in between would indicate a pistol. 2-3 successive clicks with shorter pauses in between would indicate a mantis.

Unless you are extremely attached to your hermits and snails, I don't see any reason to get rid of the mantis but if you really want to, you can try either a pre-made trap or a DIY inverted bottle trap.

 

well, I tried trapping it. But had no success. I caught it later with a freshwater dip of the rocks. I only had very few rock then. But it's still clicking
But mine was a little pistol shrimp and I killed it in the efford of catching it :/
Well, now I just let it be.

 

This may or may not be of help but I have a Custom sealife light with the same bulbs set up that you have, It has an aluminum housing and I have noticed a clicking sound shortly after it first turns on and shortly after is shuts off from the heating and cooling ( I Assume ) it sounds just like something tapping on the glass of the tank it is kind of loud. Just thought I'd mention it...................... John

 

Hmmm thats could be it...i think it my hermits i took an empty shell and hit it against the glass and it sounds almost the same...the clicking is like 1 time then few minutes later another but it dont last long...like its not all night

 

Doesn't sound like a pistol or mantis, eh?

 

well...i dont really know what either sounds like... eh he he he :-/