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Tiger Pistol Shrimp
Alpheus bellulus
The Sonic Shooter (2 inches / 5 cm). Its oversized claw snaps shut so fast it creates a literal sonic boom bubble that stuns prey and sounds like a gunshot.
- Family
- Alpheidae
- Origin
- Indo-Pacifico
- Origin
- Tropical oceans and reefs
- Tank use
- Used in 0 tanks
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Temperature
24 °C - 28 °C
pH
8.1 - 8.4
Water type
Freshwater
Ecological role
n/a
Copper
n/a
Care and observations
The Blind Excavator: They are virtually blind and spend 24/7 bulldozing the sandbed. They absolutely require a symbiotic Watchman Goby partner. The Goby acts as the 'seeing eye dog', standing guard at the cave entrance while the shrimp digs, keeping one antenna on the fish at all times. Without a Goby, they panic and hide permanently.
Invertebrate profile
- Adult size
- 5 cm
- GH
- 15 dGH - 25 dGH
- KH
- n/a
- TDS
- n/a
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