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Old 02-28-2007, 03:14 AM
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Default WTB mantis shrimp

Id like to get a mantis shrimp if you one of you guys has one or knows of a store that has one. Let me know how much. I would prefer a peacock mantis.

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bump!
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Old 03-01-2007, 02:47 PM
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I was in King Eds Pet Shop last week and they have had a mantis shrimp in there for a couple weeks now... its onbly about an inch though and quite small but you could always try there.
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Old 03-08-2007, 03:23 AM
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bump.. anyone else out there love the mantis?
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bump.. anyone else out there love the mantis?
I had a plate full in Cambodia recently, I love them a lot!! Garlic and black pepper, mmmmm....
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Old 03-08-2007, 03:26 PM
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hahaha, yeah i know they are edible. Apparently it's a very popular contonese dish called "shako" or "****ing shrimp" because they used to just throw them in a boiling pot and they would release their bowels. yum yum ammonia. Nowadays they stab them to release the bowels before throwing them in.

but despite them being good to eat, i would greatly prefer a LIVE mantis!
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Red face free mantis/ LF corals

I have a mantis that I would gladly give you !!!!! I have been trying to trap him for nearly two weeks. We bought a 90 gal. with everything - which included this little pale blue crustacean. Didn't know what it was, so it went into the tank with everything else. Big mistake! He clicks happily away while we search for his hole. I'm afraid of what's going to happen when he grows larger. He was 1/2" when we first got him. Anyone know how fast he'll grow??? I think he's already taken out one of my green-leg crabs. I have red, blue and green legs. Just found a suspicious anemone hanging out of a rock hole last night. Hmmm . . .

By the way, I'm at Caroline, AB and am looking for corals. Colorful, interesting easy-keepers. Have sponge, xenia, colt and frog spawn. Looks like a couple of mushrooms are growing as well - yahoo!! Love to get some blasto, gsp rock, toadstool, tube anemone, hammers etc. Looking for people in Red Deer area to trade with. Marianne
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Old 03-20-2007, 07:24 PM
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I will take one
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Old 03-20-2007, 09:45 PM
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let me know if you get one of them david.

jordsy, watch and wait for a while to figure out where his burrow is. Keep track of where he goes and how many burrows he has.

Wen you know where he is, you can set the bottle trap near there. You're using the bottle trap with the inverted funnel kind of top right? The bottle trap does take auite a bit of patience.

If the bottle trap doesn't work you might have to take out the rock he has his burrow in (make sure hes in it too) and repeatedly dip it in a bucket of saltwater (same parameters as your display). keep trying the bottle first though.

btw I have a mantis thanks... whatever is caught would give ticketyboo first dibs.
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Old 03-21-2007, 01:54 AM
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Bottle traps only work on the internet. Pull the rock he hides in!
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