Help with mantis!
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I tried the soda water dip with no luck! I do have a little mantis tank ready to go, so I don't want to harm him. Little bugger! I've been at this all day now...
Hammer and screwdriver if a night out of water doesn't do the trick... I have to rock suspended over water so he can drop right in.
Hammer and screwdriver if a night out of water doesn't do the trick... I have to rock suspended over water so he can drop right in.
olemiss reb
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Raise salinity to 1.035+, 1.030 is not high enough to drive it out
ReefMan1111
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spray fresh water on the rock were the mantis is hiding it will jump out. it worked for me.
usatennisfan
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Try a homemade trap. Take an empty plastic bottle and cut the top off and put it back in upside down so that the nozzle now faces inside the bottle. Bait it and wait.
Girly Gears
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Good luck! I would try the trap in the bucket, maybe after a day or so so it's good and hungry...
I've got the rock in a bucket overnight.... Fingers crossed!
I fed the DT mysis just to make sure he wasn't in there someplace else. In a fit of rage earlier I did also treat my other big LR with the works too, but no luck there either. So I'm pretty sure he's hiding out in the one i've got.
great idea to put the trap in the bucket with the rock!
After leaving this rock out, am I ok to plop it back into the DT?
I fed the DT mysis just to make sure he wasn't in there someplace else. In a fit of rage earlier I did also treat my other big LR with the works too, but no luck there either. So I'm pretty sure he's hiding out in the one i've got.
great idea to put the trap in the bucket with the rock!
After leaving this rock out, am I ok to plop it back into the DT?
If only.... I think it's just such a large rock that he's impervious to freshwater, soda water, etc.
jaystampareef
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I would put the rock in a 5 gallon tank. Within a few days, you should see him come out sometime to eat. Once he is out, grab the rock. Then place the SOB on Craigslist for free. Someone will take him!
This was the original plan- but the rock is too big! Mantis tank ready and waiting if I could just get the little bugger out.... So far nothing in bucket.
jaystampareef
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I'm guessing that you dont want to destroy such a large rock, either. Hmmm... if he is hiding far enough in the rock, he is pretty well protected.
I think that the best way to go withiot destroying the rock and everthing alive on it would be to put it in a rubbermaid bin large enough to hold with water and throw an airstone in there. Then set a trap for him. It will take time, but eventually, you'll get him.
I think that the best way to go withiot destroying the rock and everthing alive on it would be to put it in a rubbermaid bin large enough to hold with water and throw an airstone in there. Then set a trap for him. It will take time, but eventually, you'll get him.
usatennisfan
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Be patient. Mantis shrimp can go weeks without eating.
headless
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Too funny...they are like the piranha of the saltwater tank! Some love them while others don't!
If I had a small acrylic tank, I'd consider a mantis...they are an interesting species...however, I won't be dipping my hand in the tank for anything! :lol2:
usatennisfan
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Meh, I've been hit in the hand by my 4 inch wennerae. Doesn't hurt too bad. Now a full grown peacock, on the other hand...? No thanks...
