to catch a mantis?

burrows14 · #1 11-25-2009, 02:25 AM

I have a mantis thats eating my hermits and my shirimp and im pretty sure a 4 gobies

i dont know how long I have had him and i have not added anything new in a while now. I must have disrupted his home when i re did my aquascape this weekend. Is there anything i can find around the house to try to trap him? anyone have any tips or tricks for me?

Thanks
Ray

burrows14 · #2 11-25-2009, 03:37 AM

anybody lol?

muck · #3 11-25-2009, 03:47 AM

Lean a large glass or vase against a rock with some raw shrimp in it near his hole at lights out. Wait and watch... hope he takes the bait. Be ready to cover the top of the vase/glass with something to avoid him swimming out of the trap.

muck · #4 11-25-2009, 03:49 AM

Or you could try the inverted pop bottle trap.

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/fish_trap.php

burrows14 · #5 11-25-2009, 04:43 AM

ill give that a try! ive been trying the last 2 night useing an avalon milk bottle. Ill bait it with krill and a silverside.

Thanks!
Ray

burrows14 · #6 11-25-2009, 05:23 AM

Trap is in! wish me luck! i hope i get him! he has absolutly decimated my clean up crew.... smashed shells every where!!!! oh the humanity! lol