Help! Mantis shrimp onboard!

DUCADOS · March 22, 2010

Can some expert help to advise on how to remove mantis shrimp?

My previous tank used to have 1 uninvited when purchasing LR.

Throw in many shrimp end day all gone n finally found out the culprit.

Try trapping etc cannot get then resort taking out the LR that it hide n force it out.

Now history repeat liao. Heard tag tag tag sound in my new tank but yet to see 1 hopefully is I hear wrongly but in case if there is 1,how to get rid of it???

LaW · March 22, 2010

tag tag sound could be caused by pistol shrimp and snails. so do double check.

DUCADOS · March 22, 2010

tag tag sound could be caused by pistol shrimp and snails. so do double check.

Wat is pistol shrimp? Good or no good? Will harm my livestock? Snail??? Didn't know snail can do such sound?

albinosage · March 22, 2010

Unfortunately you won't know if it is mantis or pistol shrimp until you see it or catch it lol. If it is a pistol shrimp, it should be harmless.. just a bit annoying to hear the sound at night. If you are really determined, an option is to remove the liverock which you have identified as its home, then force it out either with freshwater dip or pumping carbon dioxide into it.

:off: Thanks for picking up the cleaner shrimps from me earlier by the way. Hope they do well in your tank. I was surprised to find both carrying eggs just now, I wonder who has been impregnating them hahahaha.