Rkthepainter
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hello, i hear a clicking sound , its once or twice, mostly twice in a row. never seen what is making the sound? is it a mantis?
tapping sound
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NHReeftank
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Quite possibly.
Neo-Fight
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Here is how you can tell... this works every time.
Grab an iron (like for ironing clothes) and turn it at the highest setting... more on this later. Then paint your finger brownish green (think snail camoflauge) find a shell small enough to fit snugly on the painted finger. Now stick your finger in the tank and slowly move it around the tank on the substrate. The trick is to mimick a snail so you will have to move it pretty darn slow. You are trying to be a snail here, and what do they always do? Eat of course. You should make obvious eating noises, you know, the kind you make when your wife is not at home. You could also throw in the occasional "yummy, algae!" Try to make your way close to any potential caves, some mantis are plain lazy and will only come out if you are just outside their burrow. You may also throw out a few cat calls to passing lady snails - just to add to the realism and further convince any possible mantis that you are indeed a snail. Now for the actual detection part. If you, at any time, feel a quick tug on your finger, don't panic. Visually check your finger. It has been taken clean off at the second knuckle, right? Yeah, Mantis are so quick and razor sharp that you don't often feel the pain from their attack for a few seconds. Remember that iron? Yep, grab it and use it to cotterize your stump.
So that was the first step - detection. If you are lucky, I may follow up with directions on what exactly to do if you do find a mantis. I will also tell you what you can do to keep that sneaky mantis from stealing your identity - remember he has your fingerprint...
Grab an iron (like for ironing clothes) and turn it at the highest setting... more on this later. Then paint your finger brownish green (think snail camoflauge) find a shell small enough to fit snugly on the painted finger. Now stick your finger in the tank and slowly move it around the tank on the substrate. The trick is to mimick a snail so you will have to move it pretty darn slow. You are trying to be a snail here, and what do they always do? Eat of course. You should make obvious eating noises, you know, the kind you make when your wife is not at home. You could also throw in the occasional "yummy, algae!" Try to make your way close to any potential caves, some mantis are plain lazy and will only come out if you are just outside their burrow. You may also throw out a few cat calls to passing lady snails - just to add to the realism and further convince any possible mantis that you are indeed a snail. Now for the actual detection part. If you, at any time, feel a quick tug on your finger, don't panic. Visually check your finger. It has been taken clean off at the second knuckle, right? Yeah, Mantis are so quick and razor sharp that you don't often feel the pain from their attack for a few seconds. Remember that iron? Yep, grab it and use it to cotterize your stump.
So that was the first step - detection. If you are lucky, I may follow up with directions on what exactly to do if you do find a mantis. I will also tell you what you can do to keep that sneaky mantis from stealing your identity - remember he has your fingerprint...
Rkthepainter
Premium Member
or better yet i should shrink myself, grab a pocket knife, and fight till the death with this thing.
could be a pistol shrimp if you have'nt seen the mantis yet
Rkthepainter
Premium Member
carson, i have never seen the pistol either? just here it
Rkthepainter
Premium Member
still have not seen it.
Hope it's not a mantis
Hope it's not a mantis
Hi....I have discovered a mantis in my 72gal...and he is impossible to catch (at least for me)
I have set up traps...I have had delicious foods dangling from skewers (with the secret hope of stabbing him after he took the bait)...all to no avail. Now I tap on the glass, I feed him with the skewer, he takes the food and hides for a couple days..then we do it all over again.
So far the only casualty I 'think' is of a tiny percula clown that 'vanished' right after he was added to the tank several months back. The other 4 fish I have seem to not be bothered...so far. I am hoping till I figure out how to catch him, that I will just feed him...and we can be friends.
Sometimes he comes out from his cave (he actually has tons of hiding places) and it looks like he gives me a double fisted finger...then he goes back to his cave....little jerk!
Sorry for the vent, but I he annoys me.
Hope it's not a mantis
Hi....I have discovered a mantis in my 72gal...and he is impossible to catch (at least for me)
I have set up traps...I have had delicious foods dangling from skewers (with the secret hope of stabbing him after he took the bait)...all to no avail. Now I tap on the glass, I feed him with the skewer, he takes the food and hides for a couple days..then we do it all over again.
So far the only casualty I 'think' is of a tiny percula clown that 'vanished' right after he was added to the tank several months back. The other 4 fish I have seem to not be bothered...so far. I am hoping till I figure out how to catch him, that I will just feed him...and we can be friends.
Sometimes he comes out from his cave (he actually has tons of hiding places) and it looks like he gives me a double fisted finger...then he goes back to his cave....little jerk!
Sorry for the vent, but I he annoys me.
take the peace of live rock out that he's hiding in and shake it or pour freshwater on it but don't kill it have him land in a bucket of water
Carson
Carson
I have tried to take the rock out..and actually thought I had caught him...he is really FAST and must have scooted UNDER the rock when he felt me pick it up.
I would like to hear from anyone who has bought a commercial trap...and if they work...someone posted a link to a trap on Dr Smith on another thread, but I couldn't find any reviews..it's only 15 bucks, but this Effin Lyttel Bastid has cost me enough. I just want him out and in my qt tank where he is more than welcome to live happily ever after...but he is NOT welcome in my display tank anymore...what a PITA!
Thanks for your suggestion..I am just getting more annoyed with him each day.
Carson
I have tried to take the rock out..and actually thought I had caught him...he is really FAST and must have scooted UNDER the rock when he felt me pick it up.
I would like to hear from anyone who has bought a commercial trap...and if they work...someone posted a link to a trap on Dr Smith on another thread, but I couldn't find any reviews..it's only 15 bucks, but this Effin Lyttel Bastid has cost me enough. I just want him out and in my qt tank where he is more than welcome to live happily ever after...but he is NOT welcome in my display tank anymore...what a PITA!
Thanks for your suggestion..I am just getting more annoyed with him each day.
