to catch a mantis?

[burrows14]

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]

anybody lol?

[muck]

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]

Or you could try the inverted pop bottle trap.

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

[burrows14]

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]

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

[muck]

Good Luck!!

P.S. How big do you think he is?

[burrows14]

hes about 1 inch here is a link to a picture of him. RIP sharknose goby

http://www.flickr.com/photos/44742736@N07/4129453435/

[s.tan]

Here's a site that descrbes an easy DIY trap. Hope it works. Good luck

http://www.seahorse.org/library/arti...ntisTrap.shtml

P.S. If you're looking for a home for him after you catch him, pm me.

[burrows14]

No luck yet if I catch it tonight its yours

cheers Ray