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- - MANTIS SHRIMP (http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=14093)

Aquattro

02-21-2005 02:38 AM

You would need to block off the passage between the two tanks or you would get the mantis wandering. Very inquisitive little things.

StirCrazy

02-21-2005 03:04 AM

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Originally Posted by BCWolfen

Just a thought about keepinga Mantis. If you had a large display tank and added a smaller (say 33Gal) to kepe some Mantis in. Could you run plumbing (overflow) between the 2 as to share the sump etc etc. Or would the Mantis (or its young) eventually find a way from one tank to the next through the piping....?

I did the same thing for a year, easy to block them off.

Steve

TNTCanada

02-21-2005 06:13 AM

I would love to have one so if anyone comes up with one they don't want let me know I'll take them.

Azilla

02-21-2005 08:08 AM

I have one but i cant catch him!!!!!!!!!!! :evil:

hockey nut

02-21-2005 08:17 AM

Great website Brad. Thanks

Very cool animal.

hockey nut

02-21-2005 08:19 AM

Find the rock he hides in and then flush him out using carbonated water. Should work. Unless you can't get the rock out without tearing down your system. :eek:

Good luck.

Azilla

02-22-2005 12:19 AM

I am takin out my rock and cleaning it anyways i still have 4 more chunks so he is running out of hiding places but im really scared of it attacking me. It attacked my screw driver already.

Coldwater

02-22-2005 12:41 AM

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It attacked my screw driver already.

That must be one evil mantis to make you go after it with a screw driver! :mrgreen: .

Azilla

02-22-2005 01:34 AM

Naw im in the middle of cleaning my rocks from the pest snails that invaided!!!!! so while im doin so im hunting creatures like mantis ,snails and crabs. So far 2 crabs are dead and Millions of snails!

Reefhawk1

02-22-2005 03:41 AM

Trap

Your local fish store should have a mantis shrimp trap for sale. Traps even come with bait for the buggers.

Stan

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