Reflex or just plain scared ? :)

[demonsp]

Im 6 ft 215 lb not affraid of anything ( cept planes ) but whene my LR makes a loud unknown sound / vibration while in my hand out of the water but above the tank i ,

A: Take it like a man and act casual.

B: Drop it like it was a bomb. And look real dumb founded

C: Gently place back in and prepare to disect the rock.



Why is it always B.

[reeferman00]

lol find out what it was!!!!!!

[capn_hylinur]

I hope its not a clicking sound---mantis shrimp

[steven_dean17]

IED, drop it and run like he!! LMA!!!

[Lotus99]

You could always go the whole way and scream like a girl

[burks]

C! Find out what it is!

As a curious person by nature, I'd be grabbing a hammer and smashing the rock trying to figure out what it was. Could be a Mantis or Pistol Shrimp. Both make pretty loud noises.

[usmc121581]

If you run like a girl please have someone record it.

[poppin_fresh]

I'd grab my gun and unload on that sucker!

[m1enbo1]

seriously though! crack that rock open and snap pix pix pix!

[Zestay]

a pistol shrimp can be the end of your tank ( if its glass )

[guardrail]

yah i would take a slege hammer to it... its not all lost you can use the busted up rock for fragging

[cartouche]

If you run and scream like a girl... be sure to wave your arms in the air at the same time!

Seriously.... take the rock out again and have a fresh water dip prepaired, get the pistol / mantis out but please don't kill it!

[bmrescort]

Yeah don't kill it unless it was an accident, like dropping the hammer on it, or a piece of the rock or...........

[beansandmia]

What was it?? lol

[Sk8r]

Pistol shrimp won't hurt anything; mantis is another story. Could, however, be a burrowing clam.

[nmhs2]

could be a bomb

[kydsexy]

wait until a bristleworm bites you and you pee on yourself. make sure you don't post after that tho, just run and clean urself up, ur wife may be highly upset, throw the undies away lol


the boston aquarium had a 5 ft creepy worm chasing fish around. cool but creepy. it was gone the next day!

[capn_hylinur]

Originally posted by kydsexy
wait until a bristleworm bites you and you pee on yourself. make sure you don't post after that tho, just run and clean urself up, ur wife may be highly upset, throw the undies away lol

LOL--too much information--how does a bristle worm bite you on your -----no, I'm not going there

[jrod11]

I just found a 5 inch bristle worm in my tank the other night. As soon as i turned ont he lights to get a better look he crawled in a whole. Those spines looked sharp! It was a tan/ beige which i think is the one that is not going to hurt anything.

[Sk8r]

LOL, indeed!
All of us have one critter we just can't bear to handle. For me, I hate to say it, it's starfish. Brittle stars, regular stars, just can't manage it without the creepies. I wear gloves. And they still give me the willies, more than anything else in the tank including poisonous ones.

Your worm, yep, probably a fine little bristleworm.

[capn_hylinur]

Originally posted by Sk8r
LOL, indeed!
All of us have one critter we just can't bear to handle. For me, I hate to say it, it's starfish. Brittle stars, regular stars, just can't manage it without the creepies. I wear gloves. And they still give me the willies, more than anything else in the tank including poisonous ones.

Your worm, yep, probably a fine little bristleworm.

mine is xenia coral---I hate the stink it leaves on my hands--it makes me gag.

[waxy]

A mantis shrimp? wow, dont let it take your finger away.

[waxy]

Originally posted by capn_hylinur
mine is xenia coral---I hate the stink it leaves on my hands--it makes me gag.

Oh gosh, I hate that smell too, and sometimes SPS's have this weird stink they give off too... my gosh... horrible horrible smell. Sometimes I like it. :P

[capn_hylinur]

Originally posted by Sk8r
Pistol shrimp won't hurt anything; mantis is another story. Could, however, be a burrowing clam.

Sk8r--everytime someone says that I refer them to this video
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/653413/pistol_shrimp/

[killingseed]

demon chose "B" , then he took a nice size LR from my system and went "hammer time" on it. grrr doesnt he know LR cost money. and the fac that he droped it back in my tank boom!. cray reef. all that and he

A. found nothing
B. smashed a good LR in to nothing , well are the part are in my sump now.
c.cleaned he's drews when he got home.

lol, thats what i get for asking him to help my move a tank at 2 in the moring.