SRC Member Oceandeep Posted September 14, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted September 14, 2004 set up 2 crab trap, after 1 nite... found 10 pcs of baby shrimp... What should I do ?? Know I can put tragger fish... but I have clam and a few shrimp in my tank.... pls help................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member typrobin Posted September 14, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted September 14, 2004 clear everything in your tank and restart...with so many mantis caught, u won't now how many are left inside..better be careful...gotta take out all the LRs and dip in freshwater, if u want also can boil them...KILL KILL KILL!!! Quote MY OLD 3ft!! My Latest Plan!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueKing Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 Sorry guys, is this mantis shrimp a bad thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member bum Posted September 14, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted September 14, 2004 mantis shrimps are bad news but.. triggers will attack your clams. try a safer fish like a dottyback. your cleaner shrimps might be ok, but others.... but i'd take that option rater than having a mantis tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapaNemo Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 Wat is a mantis shrimps ? Care to show a picture of it ? THanx.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member eques Posted September 14, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted September 14, 2004 set up 2 crab trap, after 1 nite... found 10 pcs of baby shrimp...What should I do ?? Know I can put tragger fish... but I have clam and a few shrimp in my tank.... pls help................ is it mantis or pistol? pistol is the one with one big and one small claw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueheaven Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 Mantis shrimp has been known as "thumbsplitters" as people who try to touch them with bare hands get struck so hard until they bleed. And there are reports of mantis shrimp shattering tank glasses with their hammer like appendages Quote But if you tame me, we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world... You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. -Antoine de Saint-Exupery Keep our hobby sustainable, participate in fragging NOW CHAETO Farmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member surfedelic Posted September 14, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted September 14, 2004 You use sea water right ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weileong Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 put in a octopus Quote Weileong's 4ft tank Part I Weileong's 4ft tank Part II Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueKing Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 Manage to fidn a picture and some info about Mantis Shrimp. http://www.chesapeakebay.net/info/mantis_shrimp.cfm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member untouchables Posted September 14, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted September 14, 2004 clear everything in your tank and restart...with so many mantis caught, u won't now how many are left inside..better be careful...gotta take out all the LRs and dip in freshwater, if u want also can boil them...KILL KILL KILL!!! i dun think it is feasible to restart juz becos he caught a lot of mantis shrimp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Oceandeep Posted September 14, 2004 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 14, 2004 actually already thinking to but all LR into fresh tap water... but oni scare it hide in the coral... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapaNemo Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 Thanks for the picture .....arrghhhhh ..... terrible creature. Better check my tank and make sure no such creatures within my territories ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member yuji Posted September 14, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted September 14, 2004 Why don't you add in a few big lobsters, then watch them fight fight FIGHT! (I wonder who will win?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Clownfish Posted September 14, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted September 14, 2004 u might wanna try a bicolor or strawberry dottyback... a cute n interesting add-on to ur LS as well... Quote My Personal Blog My Wedding Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sponsor eaquarist Posted September 15, 2004 Sponsor Share Posted September 15, 2004 yup, just get a dottyback or a wrasse, they should help you to clear off the mantis, not advisable to wash the rocks or else all the 'live' stuff would be gone.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Oceandeep Posted September 16, 2004 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 16, 2004 Can I use heavy salt contain water to dip the LR?? And can shrimp , crab , "killer" dead?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sponsor eaquarist Posted September 16, 2004 Sponsor Share Posted September 16, 2004 it may or may not kill all crabs and shrimps as they are all quite hardy, but high salinity will also kill all the beneficial stuff in your live rock. usually, with time and introduction of fishes, most of the crabs and mantis will be killed. if its still at cycling stage, just let it run, put the traps to trap the crabs, and it should be quite clean. its impossible to kill all of it, there are many holes in the liverock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member dradttg Posted September 16, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted September 16, 2004 Just to share. I took all my LR out and bake it under the sun for an hour but my mantis shrimp survived. It is either very hardy or it has been hidden in the sand bed. Soaking your LR in tap water or high salinity water is not a good idea. Since, they are small, you should get there natural predator like Sunrise Dottyback or any other Dottyback or Wrasse. After getting rid of the small one, you better start looking for the big ones. There cannot be small mantis without big ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member chipson1 Posted September 16, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted September 16, 2004 I have been fighting to catch the mantis shrimp in my tank for almost 1 1/2 year, it killed many of my new and sesoned fished in my tank. I have even ordered from the States special trap to catch him, this creature is so smart that if you failed to catch him the first time, it will be 100 times harder to catch it later. advises from many expects is to catch it (them) AT ALL COST. Since you have son many babies in your tank, you must eradicat the mother even if you have to restart your whole tank in order to have a peace of mind in the future. Happy mantis shrimps harvesting!!! Chipson1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Zero Oxygen Posted September 16, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted September 16, 2004 it is not very possible for the mantis to spawn and capable for the young to grow up till that size in captive. they are very territorial and mostly likely to turn cannibalism if starve without food. in that case, mostly it means that the young mantises are already in the rock when you bought it. a few way, use their natural predator, let them kill themselve if you have the time to wait. 1mth - 2mth of isolation plus circulation. when they are bigger, stab them to death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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