Help! Mantis shrimp discovered!!

[jason604]

Originally Posted by tlhood

When I moved mine (I didn't have time to wait for it to move on its own), it was attached to one rock that was small enough for me to pull out of the tank. Just had to make sure that none of its foot was attached to neighbouring rocks so I didn't tear it. I put it in a container of tank water and massaged its foot with my finger until it let go. Took about 20 minutes.

Great "fingering" technique. Did it look happy when it "let go"?

[tlhood]

Originally Posted by jason604

Great "fingering" technique. Did it look happy when it "let go"?

Lol.

Other than getting a bit slimey, it seemed perfectly fine. (In seriousness, I did have to refresh the water).

It probably wasn't too happy that I dropped the rock and ran screaming when an amphipod ran out of the rock onto my hand.

[aquatechy]

Originally Posted by Ryanerickson

+1 on this I have kept little green mantis in my display it did not harm anything what colour is it? How big?

It is a dark greenish-yellow, kinda like a watchman goby

Originally Posted by asylumdown

If you catch him there's almost certainly someone on the board who will take him if he's one of the cool looking ones.

If there's someone in the Greater Vancouver area who's interested, PM me.

[aquatechy]

Originally Posted by jason604

Great "fingering" technique. Did it look happy when it "let go"?

HAHAHAHA.