WTB mantis shrimp - Page 2

j-roc · #11 03-13-2007, 04:32 AM

BUMP meens Bring Up My Post.

justinl · #12 03-13-2007, 04:59 AM

oh. lol didn't know that.

in other news: still looking for a mantis!

btw ticketyboo, If i find a mantis source, Ill let you know. Unless they only have one. Then im just gonna take it for myself. lol, im not THAT generous.

Ticketyboo · #13 03-13-2007, 05:11 AM

share? you take it one week and i take it the other week

jordsy · #14 03-20-2007, 05:03 PM

If one of you guys can catch my mantis, Without dismantling the rocks, you can have it lol!!

Midknight · #15 03-20-2007, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jordsy

If one of you guys can catch my mantis, Without dismantling the rocks, you can have it lol!!

Hey everybody... fishing trip at Jordsys place. Kidding.
Where do you live? I am sure you will have a couple of guys offereing to help remove him for you.

jordsy · #16 03-20-2007, 06:11 PM

maple ridge, Im trying this bottle trap idea but gettin to many bristle worms in there. They eat the bait b4 the mantis has a chance. I might have to take out the rock hes in but ive only seen him running around a few times so i have no idea where he is hiding out!

tmbar19 · #17 03-20-2007, 06:57 PM

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

Ticketyboo · #18 03-20-2007, 07:24 PM

I will take one

justinl · #19 03-20-2007, 09:45 PM

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.

rudy · #20 03-21-2007, 01:54 AM

Bottle traps only work on the internet. Pull the rock he hides in!