Free Mantis Shrimp

[Bashiba]

I have a free Mantis if anybody close by wants one. I would Hate to kill the little guy, and my LFS wants nothing to do with it. I live in Clinton, Iowa about 1/2 hour from the IL/IA Quad Cities and about 2-3 hours from Chicago. Sorry pick up only. If interested you can email me at bradbalk@home.com
Thanks
Brad

 

[Agu]

Brad,
[welcome]

Do you travel in the region to catch mantis shrimp? If so please feel free to visit me anytime

Agu

 

[ISFRAEL]

hi bashiba

i would take it off your hands but it might not be very economical seeing as i live in australia. $2000 or so for a mantis might not be a good idea!

 

[judo1]

ooh, ooh.... I want him! I just built a tank, just for a Mantis, but I live about 12 hours away, in Northern Mississippi

 

[Bashiba]

Email me if you are still interested Judo1 I am considering trying to ship him since no one locally wants him. He is the common looking brown one about 1inch long, not the cool looking green one.
Bashiba

 

[judo1]

still interested!

 

[cat23]

I have one of the green ones. I've heard hime and been looking for him for 6 months now. Finally saw him today. He's in a tank that I've been putting urchins in that came off live rock.

He's the green one. Quite a rock hider! Don't really want him but guess I got him. I've got a blue damsel in there too!

 

[judo1]

cat, no chance of shipping him off, eh?

 

[cat23]

Judo,

He's living in a piece of rock. I've only seen him once. He just leaped out and grabbed a piece of squid, then ran back so fast into a hole. I guess living in there anyhow. I'm going to have to keep an eye on that piece just to be sure he's living there. Probably the only way to send him would be rock and all to be sure, since he neer comes out.

I'm afraid to put my hand in there now that I saw him! If I can figure out how and you pay shipping, I'd be happy to send him to you, but I'm afraid I'd have to send the rock along with him, water and all! It'd cost a fortune!

He's ok in there now, but I really want him out because I'd like to have that tank for newcomers or emergencies!

Guess I'll have to try to trap him.

 

[judo1]

how big is the rock? would it fit in a large fish bag from your lfs?

 

[cat23]

Yup!

I could probably get some 1-1/2 gal ziplock baggies and I think it would fit in there! The rock was full of coraline at one time and the urchins have now eaten it all off.

Pretty interesting thing, I don't pay too much attention to that tank and this weekend I was doing some cleaning of all my tanks and sure enough I cut my finger cleaning the inside of that tank. I figured I got the cut from rubbing against an urchin when I was cleaning the inside glass! That little rat probably ran out and bit me!!!

Anyhow, I'd have to fill the bag up with water too. Let me see if I can trap the little devil and I'll send him off! Where do you live?

 

[judo1]

You've got mail

 

[judo1]

cat kicks a**

cat kicks a**

Woooohoooo!!!

I'm finally getting a mantis!!! Sorry, my cherry mantis
A green one at that! Thanks cat!
Final preparations being made, and I hope to have him by next week!
Bashiba's girlfriend decided she wanted to keep theirs, after she found out someone else wanted it. Sheesh, women!
*duck* Ha! missed me! ...ouch!
Can't blame her though. At least Bashiba was willing to ship him out for me when nobody else wanted him, so he gets the cool guy award, too.

I tell you, after my Molecular Bio exam today, I couldn't wait to get home from work, and now I don't think I'll sleep all night!

Wooooohoooo!!!

 

[cat23]

Hey Judo!

Now don't let this nasty little critter make you flunk out of school! If I catch you staring into his little tank all evening instead of putting your nose in the books, I'm going to want him back...after all I'm female too!!!

Trap was just set! Lights out, I'm going to bed! Come and get it little fella!

 

[judo1]

Hey, I can't flunk out... then I would never make enough money to stay in this hobby!

Besides, if I need a medical excuse I'll just stick my finger in the tank!

"Sorry I missed your exam, sir... I got my butt kicked by a shrimp! Yes sir, I am a judo instructor, but... no sir, I'm not making fun of you, but..."

Ha! ROFL! :rollface:

 

[Aquamans Reef]

and just think I paid 100.00 for a kit.

 

[cat23]

**********************UPDATE*********************

Fished all night, no catch. Trap still set, maybe today...

What do you mean 100.00 for a kit? What kit are you talking about?

 

[judo1]

Is there some kind of "Mantis Shrimp Kit" nobody knows about?
If so... $100 ?!? What all comes with it, a purple tang, for food?
Is this from your lfs or something?

 

[Fcamdog]

Was probably an Eclipse system some pet store sold with a mantis and labeled it a kit. A LFS where I live does that with sea horses.

 

[judo1]

Heh, heh... that's a good idea... one way to sell these guys when everyone is always killing/getting rid of them! My lfs looked at me like I was crazy when I asked about getting a Mantis Shrimp... well, the one person in there that knew enough to think I was crazy, anyway.