10gal needs new occupant (mantis) :eek:

Salty Bginners

Salty Bginners

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In my neverending quest for new and unusual animals to fill in the gaps in the new tanks i cant seem to stop getting, I am looking for a mantis shrimp. i know that most reefkeepers consider these "Pests", so maby some one has one they want to get rid of? i would like to have one to put in a tank that has recently been emptied of former occupants. It seems that, for the moment, i have worn out my welcome at the petshop :D, so (yet agin) i am reduced to pleading :rolleyes: (more like begging) for some one who would like to get a mantis off of their hands to give it to me. (reminds me of the seahorse insident)
thanks. If you have one you want to get rid of call me @ 550-6710. so we can arrange to meet. thanks agin:)
 
lol I am still interested in the seahorse breeding project, however i cant stand having an empty tank lying around. I have been reading the mantis shrimp forum and got interested. Sounds like something really freakin cool. Ya know? something that most people dont want. Something unusual. Thats what i do.
 
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Today Bginners took a nasty spill on his bike and seriously messed himself up. Last I saw him he was headed to the ER, I have heard nothing since. I would like to take the time to wish him a speedy recovery and invite everyone who cares to throw a few wishes at him because from what I saw, he's going to need it.
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Thanks,
Ron
 
I don't really want the mantis I have. It isn't bothering anyone other than the hermit crabs, but I would perfer him to be gone. I will be out of town and will be back on the 11th. If you can get me a trap, I will catch him for you. I live in St.Albans and I am in JoMars all the time too. Let me know if you want him.
I will get back with you when we return.
Thanks, Nancy
 
I am fine. i had a dislocation and chipped a couple bones. i got 7 stitches and a splint andd the dr. says ill be fine.

nancy i will be glad to take it off your hands. ill make arrangements to borrow a trap from ron/barry.

man its hard typing with only 1 hand.....
 
You can make a trap out of a 20oz coke bottle, sometimes it works and sometimes it does'nt. All you have to do is cut the top off the bottle and glue it back in upside down into the bottom part of the bottle. Put some food in the bottle and sink it where your mantis is usually hanging out. In theory, the mantis should go into the bottle and eat the food when it does pull the trap out of the water. This will work just as well as any trap you can buy. However, IME the best way to get a Mantis out of your tank is to pull the rock out it is hiding in and bath it in FW, this will make the Mantis come out of its hole.

BTW, Salty, I am glad to hear you are doing OK.
 
You can make a trap out of a 20oz coke bottle, sometimes it works and sometimes it does'nt. All you have to do is cut the top off the bottle and glue it back in upside down into the bottom part of the bottle. Put some food in the bottle and sink it where your mantis is usually hanging out. In theory, the mantis should go into the bottle and eat the food when it does pull the trap out of the water. This will work just as well as any trap you can buy. However, IME the best way to get a Mantis out of your tank is to pull the rock out it is hiding in and bath it in FW, this will make the Mantis come out of its hole.

BTW, Salty, I am glad to hear you are doing OK.
 
well im glad to hear you are alright salty
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I don't think he will ever be "alright", but at least he was not seriously injured this time :)

Phil your mantis trap you described will work in theory, I tried it once, the mantis however saw a damsel go in and after that it would not go near the thing.
 
Another quick update on salty,
Apparently the wound was infected and had to be re-opened again ick.

Anyway he's in the hospital and he will update us soon I suppose.
Just thought you all may like to know.

Later
 
Thats awful, hope he's okay. I am away at the beach right now, but please let him know that I did try the pop bottle trap and it did nothing but trap my hermit crabs, lol. I will keep him before I take out or dimantle any of my rocks because he doesn't bother me anyway. I just thought that if someone really wanted him and would apreciate it then they could have it. I don't care either way. Anybody want anything while I am here at the beach?
 
BTW, Salty, I am glad to hear you are doing OK.
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thanks Phil

I don't think he will ever be "alright", but at least he was not seriously injured this time
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Gee thanks, ron
Another quick update on salty,
Apparently the wound was infected and had to be re-opened again ick.

Anyway he's in the hospital and he will update us soon I suppose.
Just thought you all may like to know.
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yes they took me in and drained the fluid off my knukle and scraped some of the gunk out whith this thing that looks like a spoon. i just got out of the hospitil today. .....i need to go premuim and get spellcheck... thanks youall for ur support
 
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