WTB mantis shrimp

[tmbar19]

I have a mantis that I would gladly give you !!!!! I have been trying to trap him for nearly two weeks. We bought a 90 gal. with everything - which included this little pale blue crustacean. Didn't know what it was, so it went into the tank with everything else. Big mistake! He clicks happily away while we search for his hole. I'm afraid of what's going to happen when he grows larger. He was 1/2" when we first got him. Anyone know how fast he'll grow??? I think he's already taken out one of my green-leg crabs. I have red, blue and green legs. Just found a suspicious anemone hanging out of a rock hole last night. Hmmm . . .

By the way, I'm at Caroline, AB and am looking for corals. Colorful, interesting easy-keepers. Have sponge, xenia, colt and frog spawn. Looks like a couple of mushrooms are growing as well - yahoo!! Love to get some blasto, gsp rock, toadstool, tube anemone, hammers etc. Looking for people in Red Deer area to trade with. Marianne

[Ticketyboo]

I will take one

[justinl]

let me know if you get one of them david.

jordsy, watch and wait for a while to figure out where his burrow is. Keep track of where he goes and how many burrows he has.

Wen you know where he is, you can set the bottle trap near there. You're using the bottle trap with the inverted funnel kind of top right? The bottle trap does take auite a bit of patience.

If the bottle trap doesn't work you might have to take out the rock he has his burrow in (make sure hes in it too) and repeatedly dip it in a bucket of saltwater (same parameters as your display). keep trying the bottle first though.

btw I have a mantis thanks... whatever is caught would give ticketyboo first dibs.

[rudy]

Bottle traps only work on the internet. Pull the rock he hides in!

[justinl]

Ill have to disagree rudy. Bottle traps do work but the key is patience. I don't see the necessity of tearing down an entire reef to get at one mantis that kills a hermit now and then.

[rudy]

Originally Posted by justinl

Ill have to disagree rudy. Bottle traps do work but the key is patience. I don't see the necessity of tearing down an entire reef to get at one mantis that kills a hermit now and then.

It is o.k. to disagree Justin. I just think for the most part mantis are not given the credt they diserve. They are smarter than people give them credit for. They are not a pest, they are a pet.

[Ticketyboo]

Can i just have a Mantis please? pretty please? i have a tank up and running all lonely waiting for a mantis