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Today, I heard a strange clicking noise coming from one of my shrimp tanks. The tank holds Minami numa ebi, Neocaradina denticulata. Have you ever encountered this before?

Weird. Never heard any noises from my shrimp tanks. Are you sure there isn't a Dwarf Croaking Gourami (Trichopsis pumilus) hidden somewhere in there?

Mustafa wrote:Weird. Never heard any noises from my shrimp tanks. Are you sure there isn't a Dwarf Croaking Gourami (Trichopsis pumilus) hidden somewhere in there?

Nope, just the shrimp and some of Sze Wei's swordplants, the offspring thereof and some Heterandria formosa.

I've never heard of swordplants clicking–unless it was the one on the Little Shop of Horrors–which sang I believe... And the Heterandria are also quite mute.

maybe it is your equipment. sometimes heaters will make a noise turning off and on.

maybe it is your equipment. sometimes heaters will make a noise turning off and on.

Hey! My heaters do that lol.

(I did know anout it though):D
TKD

cro117 wrote:maybe it is your equipment. sometimes heaters will make a noise turning off and on.

Thought of that! Noise comes and goes and matches activity with the shrimp. They get excited and there's noise. Maybe my shrimp are atypical! "Hentai ebi":twisted:

My previous filter created noise. Sometimes I switched it off and immediately switched it on, or add more more and the noise was tuned down.

Perhaps it causes the shrimp activity?

Just a thought but do you have a submersible heater? Is it in good condition? I guess I am wondering if it is electrical pops... I had a heater going bad one time that did that - caused a mild current in the tank. I didn't lose anything but....

PhaidOut wrote:Perhaps it causes the shrimp activity?

Just a thought but do you have a submersible heater? Is it in good condition? I guess I am wondering if it is electrical pops... I had a heater going bad one time that did that - caused a mild current in the tank. I didn't lose anything but....

I do use submersible heaters but, that tank isn't heated. The Heterandria and the shrimp do well enough without any heat as does a tank of feral Xiph maculatus that I caught at Toneri Park.

In fact Japan is almost as bad as Singapore, I hear you have flowerhorns, piranha and plecos as well as other escaped fish sharing the reservoir.