Just great!!

[Aquattro]

So my tank has been setup now for about 15 months, and today I see a mantis shrimp chasing a little crab across the rocks. I have never had any indication of their being a mantis in the tank...sheesh. Glad he's left my cleaner shrimp alone (so far). Guess I have to go hunting now.....stupid mantis...

[AJ_77]

grrr... how big is the stupid thing?

[christyf5]

Ugh what a nightmare. I hope you can catch him.

[kari]

For me I found the easiest method was to pull the rock it calls home. Good luck

[Canadbis]

Wow I know people in AB that would buy it from you

[Midknight]

And a couple in Vancouver. Depending on the type.
Should be lots of DIY traps out there.

[Jaws]

Try to do it when you move at the end of the month. Since the water's out then it should be easier.

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by Jaws

Try to do it when you move at the end of the month. Since the water's out then it should be easier.

that would involve taking the rock out.. not a good time hehe

Brad set up a trap.. maybe a noose and you can hide on the couch and see if you can get him

Steve

[Aquattro]

Steve, I was thinking a little box propped up on a stick with a string tied to it. When it goes in after the bait, I pull the string, and wham!!, he's trapped. Well, ok, maybe that only works on birds!!
I'll drop a pop bottle trap in today and see what I catch, but I'm not pulling rock out (not that I think the rock could come out anyway).
I just find it strange that I've never noticed it before. There has never been any clicking, the liitle crabs I know about are still around, no lost hermits, my cleaner shrimp lives under the same rock. Just a fluke that I saw it crawling over a rock yesterday.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by AJ_77

grrr... how big is the stupid thing?

It's not too big. Maybe 2 inches during a morning stretch. Plain brown little guy, hopefully someone local wants him, if not, I might have to borrow a rock from Beverly...