mantis :(

[fresh]

ok, this is my first post and the first time I see this website. I got the link from Jack in ocean aquatics. Hi all, it is so good to know that we actually have something happenning here in van city.

Back to the topic

I found/saw one of those buggers in my new 100lbs lr shipment and took the whole rock out and gave it away. Now every once in a while I hear more clicks

My guess is it is another one of those evil party poopers (since there was another one). But the problem is I don't know where he is at (which rock). I have been placing a soda-bottle-trap with a piece of salad shrimp in it for the past 2 weeks but he is not coming out to eat!

He has been there with the rock for about 6 weeks now (cycling the tank) and I am itching to put sand and start my reef.

What the hell is he eating? How can I get rid of him? I have expensive fish in qt that are waiting to be added to the main tank but I don't want to add them because I am affraid they will be dinner very soon.

WHAT SHOULD I DO???

Thanks in advance

Fresh.