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Old 07-17-2012, 06:31 AM
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Well when I was switching my sumps out, I noticed that my mantis shrimp was gone. I emptied everything and still no sign. I figured there would have been at least a shell or something! Any ideas what could have happened to it, seeing as how it was the largest thing in the sump?
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Old 07-17-2012, 02:40 PM
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Old 07-17-2012, 02:55 PM
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maybe he's curled up into a hole in your live rock.
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Old 07-17-2012, 09:23 PM
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Old 07-17-2012, 11:51 PM
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maybe he's curled up into a hole in your live rock.
There wasn't any live rock where he was, just a tube to hide in.
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How long was he in there ?
Maybe he totally dissolved away ?
Are your neighbours missing any pets ?
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I think you would see a shell or something if it had died.


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Well when I was switching my sumps out, I noticed that my mantis shrimp was gone. I emptied everything and still no sign. I figured there would have been at least a shell or something! Any ideas what could have happened to it, seeing as how it was the largest thing in the sump?
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Old 07-18-2012, 01:14 AM
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She probably digged a hole in the liverock and it is hiding inside the liverock?

At least that's what mine does.
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