bought a cool new rock last month, its had crabs of all shape and sizes cruzing around. its houses emerald craps,porcelian crabs, pistol shrimp (15ish pound rock)
with all the critters that live in this rock, i was surprized it also housed a green mantis shrimp. i've seen crabs crawl in and out of his hole dozens of times.
first time i saw him, i was looking for the 3 porcelien crabs (very small) that are sometimes seen. i only caught his eyes, but it was enough to know i had a mantis.
at first i tried luring him out, i loaded up a bamboo skewer with krill and tried to get a good look at him. the little thief came flying out the hole, grabbed the krill from the skewer (i inserted it the full length of the krill) and retreated to the hole in a cloud of krill.
needless to say i couldn't get him to show his face again for 2 days.lol.
i kept an eye on the hole and eventually i saw him again. figured, i'm quicker, smarter, and dam it alot better looking than this mantis shrimp, i can lure him out with a piece of shrimp, and skewer the little jerk. (he's in with my pipefish, a risk im not willing to take)
well i was wrong, and now i had a very well fed mantis shrimp.
set up the good old mantis in a bottle rig. the mantis laughed it off and resurface in a second hole just below the bottle.
and the new plan unfolded.
i set up my net covering the second hole, twisted a peice of wire (NOT COPPER) and pushed the mantis right out the hole. he shot out like a rocket, and straight into the net!
i am quicker, smarter than a mantis, but for a shrimp, it sure is a looker.
into the sump he went, where he's easy to remove. he's still small so im not to worried about the tank, but he sure did a number on the bbq skewer.
anybody know what type of mantis it is? i was told it was a cuban shipment of lr.
btw i found this mantis in a rock covered with sea lettuce. hes the exact shade of green.
with all the critters that live in this rock, i was surprized it also housed a green mantis shrimp. i've seen crabs crawl in and out of his hole dozens of times.
first time i saw him, i was looking for the 3 porcelien crabs (very small) that are sometimes seen. i only caught his eyes, but it was enough to know i had a mantis.
at first i tried luring him out, i loaded up a bamboo skewer with krill and tried to get a good look at him. the little thief came flying out the hole, grabbed the krill from the skewer (i inserted it the full length of the krill) and retreated to the hole in a cloud of krill.
needless to say i couldn't get him to show his face again for 2 days.lol.
i kept an eye on the hole and eventually i saw him again. figured, i'm quicker, smarter, and dam it alot better looking than this mantis shrimp, i can lure him out with a piece of shrimp, and skewer the little jerk. (he's in with my pipefish, a risk im not willing to take)
well i was wrong, and now i had a very well fed mantis shrimp.
set up the good old mantis in a bottle rig. the mantis laughed it off and resurface in a second hole just below the bottle.
and the new plan unfolded.
i set up my net covering the second hole, twisted a peice of wire (NOT COPPER) and pushed the mantis right out the hole. he shot out like a rocket, and straight into the net!
i am quicker, smarter than a mantis, but for a shrimp, it sure is a looker.
into the sump he went, where he's easy to remove. he's still small so im not to worried about the tank, but he sure did a number on the bbq skewer.
anybody know what type of mantis it is? i was told it was a cuban shipment of lr.
btw i found this mantis in a rock covered with sea lettuce. hes the exact shade of green.
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