Mantis Strikes. How to rid of him.

[Epartner]

:fish2: May new 90 gallon tank just finished cycling. Pretty much just tank cleaners and snail and some sally light foot crab. A few days ago i kept hearing this snapping/ clicking sound on and off and could not figure where it was comming from or what. However was comming from my tank. Anyway today noticed one of sally light foot crab was DEAD and one of my gobie was also missing since he usually make himself seen. Took a long look at my tank and noticed some movement and there he was: A mantis. A real sneaky fellow. Found a picture and determine that this was him from the little i saw of this extremely fast fellow.I tracked him for about a hour and noticed him trying to tear into my live rock he was previously burrowing under a rock. Anyway seen him tear into a rock ripping it apart was noticed that this was the sond of the snapping sound. His ripping action seen to generate this snapping/clicking sound.


In short I need to get RID of this Mantis Fast. This guy is unwelcome. He has declared feast fest on my other tank mates. Suggestion appreciated.:fish2:

 

[nbeutler]

You can make a mantas trap out of a two liter bottle. Just cut the top off and glue it back on inverted. Punch a few small holes in the bottle[air holes] drop some bait in and put the whole thing on your sand bed. The mantas should swim in to get the bait but won't be able to get out. You might want to see if anyone here want it before you kill it.
This trap worked for me, I didn't punch any air holes in the bottle and the shrimp was dead when I found him. Could be that I didn't clean it well enough or something else.
Anyway, Good luck.


Neil:smokin:

 

[Shia]

If you can remove all of your inverts, corals, and live rock there is a way to kill him if you really want to go that way. Hyposalinity is when you lower the salinity in your tank to around 1.008-10.010, hyposalinity help remove ick and also is very damaging on inverts. If you were to lower your salinity that low you could destroy him that way, but personally I would go for a mantis trap.

 

[ADHybrid]

Sorry if you guys get tired of hearin this from me (cuz I'll probably be sayin this alot...lol) BUT I WANT IT!!!!!! I live in California but i'll be more than glad to pay shipping if you can get it to me safely!