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Invertebrates
Pistol Shrimp
Alpheus spp.
Key facts
- Temperature24–26 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Adult size5 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- WaterMarine
Full profile
- Family
- Alpheidae
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific, Tropical Atlantic
- Size
- 3 – 5 cm
- Temperature
- 24 – 26°C
- pH
- 8.1 – 8.4
- GH / KH / TDS
- Salinity 1.023–1.025
- Difficulty
- ★★★☆☆
- Water type
- marine
- Behavior
- semi-aggressive (dangerous only to small invertebrates)
- Compatible with fish
- Yes; especially with pistol gobies (Cryptocentrus, Amblyeleotris)—mutualistic symbiosis
- Diet
- opportunistic carnivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: When it snaps its giant claw shut, it quickly creates a cavitation bubble with an audible pop. Its symbiotic relationship with the pistol goby is fascinating: the (nearly blind) shrimp digs the burrow, while the goby acts as a sentinel. They communicate through physical contact.
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