bamann345 Posted May 22, 2003 Share Posted May 22, 2003 Well, I walked downstairs after the lights had been off for 45 mins. and noticed 2 or 3 mantis shrimp running around..... How do I get these things out?!?!?!?! Thanks a lot! Link to comment
tow-up Posted May 22, 2003 Share Posted May 22, 2003 bamann i'll take em off your hands. you can try to locate em and get em with a net use a red light Link to comment
Zane Posted May 23, 2003 Share Posted May 23, 2003 Dunno if this works or not, but I read an article today at: http://www.gulf-view.com/info.html that describes a method for removing small mantis. Methinks that it would be trickier than described however! Link to comment
Mnesarchus Posted May 23, 2003 Share Posted May 23, 2003 Send a PM to Crakuer, he removed one from a tank a few months ago. Link to comment
kennerd Posted May 23, 2003 Share Posted May 23, 2003 How much LR and aquascaping have you done in your tank? (IE: can you dismantle it easily?) Given the size of your tank, you should be able to isolate the rock rather easily. Once you do, carefully remove it, and hold it over a bucket, and pour either fresh RO water or seltzer into the hole it's hiding in. Mine popped right out into the bucket. These things are a nightmare in much larger tanks, since they will move to a different rock just to tick you off. Not nearly as bad in a smaller volume tank. Link to comment
OxInYourBox Posted May 23, 2003 Share Posted May 23, 2003 Kennerd's on target with his method. Another way is a hypersalinity dip but generally that's done before the tank is setup. Just to make sure though are you seeing actual mantis shrimp or various pods that are out at night? Do an image search on google for mantis shrimp. I highly doubt you have 2 or 3 mantis shrimp as they would have beat the &@ out of each other however I have seen stranger things. Link to comment
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