KyleO
01/17/2011, 11:54 PM
for a little over a year now it has been impossible for me to keep Peppermint Shrimp or Emerald Crabs. I should have figured this out a while ago but it has been at least 18 months since I have added any LR or coral bases large enough to house any type of hitchhiker.
To my shock and horror, my daughter spotted a mantis shrimp in my display! It was just about the size of my Fire Shrimp and like all Mantis Shrimp, was becoming more and more aggressive. I can't believe I had not spotted in all this time.
It took 3 weeks, 4 failed traps and 2 hours to get him to go into the net once I had him cornered in his vacation home in the front of the tank.
He is now living in my hospital-tank-turned-Mantis-tank. I am actually looking forward to his growth now...........
I will post some pics if anybody is interested.
To my shock and horror, my daughter spotted a mantis shrimp in my display! It was just about the size of my Fire Shrimp and like all Mantis Shrimp, was becoming more and more aggressive. I can't believe I had not spotted in all this time.
It took 3 weeks, 4 failed traps and 2 hours to get him to go into the net once I had him cornered in his vacation home in the front of the tank.
He is now living in my hospital-tank-turned-Mantis-tank. I am actually looking forward to his growth now...........
I will post some pics if anybody is interested.