how do I know if I have more?
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AttackDonut
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Listen for clicking sounds at night. Put some small hermits in the tank, just 2 or 3 and see if they are attacked.
ok, so I hear clicking, but can't seem to pin-point which exact rock it is coming from! could it be something else other than a mantis?
There has to be a way to tell if you have a mantis other than listening! What if you listen and you can't hear anything and then after you place your live-stock they start disappearing?
I am really worried, and I can't wait to get started, but I am majorly confussed and stressed-out by the fact that I might have more mantis in there!
please help a stressed-out fellow aquarist.
thanks
There has to be a way to tell if you have a mantis other than listening! What if you listen and you can't hear anything and then after you place your live-stock they start disappearing?
I am really worried, and I can't wait to get started, but I am majorly confussed and stressed-out by the fact that I might have more mantis in there!
please help a stressed-out fellow aquarist.
thanks
AttackDonut
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This is going to be tricky, but examine your live rock and look for newly bored out holes. When I had a mantis shrimp (purchased on purpose for a specialized tank) he would dig new holes in the live rock day and night and I could watch as plumes of dust were ejected from the live rock as he burrowed his way through.
You *might* try a mantis trap, most LFS will have them on loan, but I've heard mixed results.
You *might* try a mantis trap, most LFS will have them on loan, but I've heard mixed results.
AttackDonut
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The clicking could be from the Mantis hammering out a new home, it could be at night as it goes searching for prey, it's not a regular occurance.
pfizeriser
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Same issue...
Same issue...
I started a 215 reef in June of this year with live rock from Tampa Bay Saltwater. On Tuesday, my wife and I trapped a three inch mantis shrimp in a rock, immediately pulled that rock out and doused him with tap water. He quickly came scurrying out - his next stop being our local sewer system - it was a beautiful sight as he helplessly went round and round the bowl. Since we set up the reef, we have pulled out 5 mantis shrimp, each time hoping we had gotten the last of them. I have lost a clown, a wrasse and numerous crabs, etc. I hate those damn ms. Yet, I still hear some snapping in the tank, much like the author of this thread described. Do any other creatures make that awful snapping sound? I don't hear the same volume of popping heard prior to removal of the last little beast. With any luck, I am rid of those pests for good but if not, I've become damn good at finding and killing them....enjoying as each one dies a slow, painful death....
Same issue...
I started a 215 reef in June of this year with live rock from Tampa Bay Saltwater. On Tuesday, my wife and I trapped a three inch mantis shrimp in a rock, immediately pulled that rock out and doused him with tap water. He quickly came scurrying out - his next stop being our local sewer system - it was a beautiful sight as he helplessly went round and round the bowl. Since we set up the reef, we have pulled out 5 mantis shrimp, each time hoping we had gotten the last of them. I have lost a clown, a wrasse and numerous crabs, etc. I hate those damn ms. Yet, I still hear some snapping in the tank, much like the author of this thread described. Do any other creatures make that awful snapping sound? I don't hear the same volume of popping heard prior to removal of the last little beast. With any luck, I am rid of those pests for good but if not, I've become damn good at finding and killing them....enjoying as each one dies a slow, painful death....
AttackDonut
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Dont' kill them, many people here on RC (myself included) will pay good money for a MS.
As an aside, Pistol Shrimp make loud popping sounds.
As an aside, Pistol Shrimp make loud popping sounds.
