DOH!!! Found a den....

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by bean

easy way to find out.... get some food and some tongs and camp out infront of the hole. if it's a fish it should come out, all my pistol shrimps have come out as well.. and the mantis's at the store come running! lol so ya.. in short, try feeding the area!

Yea I saw the green mantis today... he came running as soon as I got close to the glass. Aggressive bugger!

I need to add... I have never found a molt of either a shrimp or crab. I assume over time you should find the molt of something if it is there?

[dunl]

Originally Posted by paddyob

Yea I saw the green mantis today... he came running as soon as I got close to the glass. Aggressive bugger!

I need to add... I have never found a molt of either a shrimp or crab. I assume over time you should find the molt of something if it is there?

Not necessarily....it will dissolve or be eaten.

Green....dark almost army green? Chiragra, most likely. Not very interactive. Let me know if you want to get rid of him. (as in I'd take him because I'm addicted, not because he's really that cool. lol) Typically, they only come out when fed, but he WILL take out something if he's hungry.

As for smashed shells, sometimes they just smash what's in it, and pull it out of the untouched shell.

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by dunl

Not necessarily....it will dissolve or be eaten.

Green....dark almost army green? Chiragra, most likely. Not very interactive. Let me know if you want to get rid of him. (as in I'd take him because I'm addicted, not because he's really that cool. lol) Typically, they only come out when fed, but he WILL take out something if he's hungry.

As for smashed shells, sometimes they just smash what's in it, and pull it out of the untouched shell.

Sorry.. the Mantis I saw was at Blue World... not in my tank thank GOD!! It was labeled as "Green Mantis"

ha ha!

[dunl]

Originally Posted by paddyob

Sorry.. the Mantis I saw was at Blue World... not in my tank thank GOD!! It was labeled as "Green Mantis"

ha ha!

Oh, got ya.....yes, that guy is a chiragra.

[Flash]

yes i have gone toe to toe with that little bigger, came and attacked me while i was cleaning the tank too close to his home! very active little dude, but feisty as heck! lol