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[Riggers]

Hey guys n gals

Should I be worried about the mantis shrimp I've just found in my tank? I've been doing some research online but have conflicting stories... Any thoughts?

Cheers
Nick

Edited by Riggertron, 29 May 2011 - 11:28 PM.

[ruffaz]

Tell us about your tank and your stocks are you worried about it damaging your tank

[Bowdy]

Hehe how did you just find one.

Edited by bowdy88, 28 April 2011 - 02:45 PM.

[Riggers]

Hehe how dud you just find one.

Yeah bowdy just found one.... Kept hearing noises in the tank and thought I was going nuts until I saw him smashing into a little clam this morning, I might leave him for a bit and see what happens

I was worried it might damage the glass?

Edited by Riggertron, 28 April 2011 - 02:35 PM.

[Bowdy]

A mate had one once there prity cool.

[ruffaz]

what size tank have you got.

what glass thickness have you got years ago when a lfs use to find theses in there orders we use to watch them fight the ell they had, fun then but seems cruel now.

But i never ever witnessed them break any thing but have had lots of people say they have cracked the glass, i even witnessed a guy bring a tank in saying a shrimp had cracked it. it was 10mm glass but i saw theses things smash in to this shops tank and noise but no damage

[highlucks]

Is it a clubber or a spearer.

Check out some of the videos on you tube, they are great to watch.

[tranced]

i asked the worlds leading expert on mantis shrimps about this, and he said the strongest one of all couldnt damage 4mm glass.

[Neakit]

the biggest issue is you wont have much luck keeping many fish in the tank without them dissapearing suddenly

[Riggers]

I've found the piece of live rock the mantis is hiding in and it's one on top of the stack thank god! Will it kill off any of my good bits of live stuff if I take it out and put it in fresh water to get the mantis out?

[tranced]

probably... you can take the rock out and squirt some fresh water into its cave to flush it out. (then put it in your sump for me lol)

[Neakit]

i have had sucess with squirting soda water in their holes. if you do a fw dip you will kill off some things.

[sandgroper]

Use a tooth pick or wooden skewer to get at the sucker. cheer steve

[tranced]

eh dont kill it... they are too awesome to kill!

[Riggers]

ok so operation mantis is underway!!

i spent some time making a little cray pot in the hope of waking up to a full pot but all i managed to catch was my sailfin cat!!
tomorrow im going to take to piece of rock out and try squirting fresh water into the hole using a syringe we shall see, id really like to get him out alive for you tranced....

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i caught me a catfish pa!!!

[tranced]

lol nice trap!

[Riggers]

lol nice trap!

I also build them in sizes big enough for a 6ft blonde!! I'm tring to catch me a mermaid!!

Edited by Riggertron, 01 May 2011 - 10:37 AM.

[smellsfishy]

hahah cable ties... what would we do with out them.

[Neakit]

you do realise your going up against one of the smarter animals that live in the ocean, dont you. Another interesting fact is they are the only organism that has trinocular vision.

[tranced]

its gunna be an epic showdown! you might develop a nervous tick trying to catch that thing hahaha