View Full Version : mantis srimp
salty dog
02/06/2010, 04:37 PM
how do you catch a mantis shrimp?
Octoshark
02/06/2010, 04:39 PM
How big is your tank, how big is the shrimp? What else is in the tank, etc, etc? What methods, if any, have you already tried? Give us some more info.
salty dog
02/06/2010, 04:42 PM
jbj 28 i have 3 snails and 3 crabs and a cleaner shrimp i have only seen a little bit of the shrimp but he is not that big he has killed my fish
Octoshark
02/06/2010, 04:47 PM
28 gallons is pretty small so thats good, and since you only have snails and crabs then that means you can lower the water level so you have less space to work with.
Is this a new tank? Can you take any rock out so he has less places to hide? Does he have a home in a certain rock?
salty dog
02/06/2010, 04:49 PM
it has been setup for 2 months, the lfs let me barrow a trap but dont no what to put in it or anything
Octoshark
02/06/2010, 04:51 PM
Do you know if he has a home in a certain rock?
salty dog
02/06/2010, 04:54 PM
well i got a idea but i am not for sure i have been looking with a flashlight and i dont c anything lol
salty dog
02/06/2010, 07:12 PM
anybody?
gia3161
02/06/2010, 07:19 PM
I caught my unwanted mantis by making a homemade trap out of a coke bottle. If ur LFS has given u a trap to use then that's great. As bait I used a small defrosted whitebait. It took me a couple of tries but you should set the trap and leave it in untill u get him. It also might help to place the trap near the entrance to the hole or cave that you think he might be living in. Hope this helps!
salty dog
02/06/2010, 07:21 PM
yes thanks whitebait? you mean like srimp and can you explain about the coke bottle
blennydude
02/06/2010, 07:32 PM
take a plastic coke bottle and cut the top 1/3 of the bottle off straight. Then flip that end around and secure it back onto the other half of the bottle so the mouth of the bottle is pointing toward the inside. Does that make sense? The shrimp will be able to crawl in but will not be able to figure out how to leave.
salty dog
02/06/2010, 07:47 PM
yes i got it thanks so much for all the help but why has he not ate my crabs i hear they eat those but the new gobi that i had did go into the burrow under the rock i think where the mantis is could that explain it
vBulletin® v3.8.4, Copyright ©2000-2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.