Green Mantis Shrimp Confirmed

[jb61264]

Originally Posted by nudy6969

http://www.divegallery.com/Mantis_Shrimp_.jpg
is that him

your link doesn't work for me...i'm not sure i'll ship it to you though, you wanted me to flush it down the toilet I'd definately send it to someone if they wanted to keep it and take care of it (of course, they'd have to pay for the shipping)

[nudy6969]

how much is shippig? i was joking about the toilet

[jb61264]

Originally Posted by nudy6969

how much is shippig? i was joking about the toilet

i have no clue...I live in Lincoln, NE though if you want to research it and figure it out.

[kyle]

so u have a clown mantis i think they mite be nocturnal so it mite be easyer when the lites are off

[jb61264]

Here are some excellent pictures of exactly what it looks like

A Load of Learnin' About Mantis Shrimps by James Fatherree - Reefkeeping.com

I think I might try his idea for catching it unless somebody else has a better idea

[nudy6969]

wow, overnight 44.59

[kyle]

u can buy mantis trap but is probly better to make one rite away

[jb61264]

Does anyone know if mantis shrimp are good swimmers? I have a smaller refugium below my DT (9x12x12) so it is essentially 10-12" of height from the 3" layer of sand I have...there are a couple of pieces of smaller rocks and some chaeto in there.

Could I put him down there...the only way he could get back into the DT is via the pump which would probably shred him up into crab food.

Anyway, it'd be cool to be able to keep it down there but not if it could bust open my sump with a crack of its claws

[reeffreak]

Mantis don't swim.Your best bet is to catch it and put in the the sump.I doubt it could break that glass being that small.If you can isolate the rock the mantis might be hiding in then it should make it easier to remove.Or,you can get a mantis trap.You put food in it and when the mantis enters it triggers a trap door.If you want to kill it then take the rock out where its living and dip in freshwater.Of course that will kill any bristleworms,copepods etc that live inside the rock.

[poolshark181]

if you'll consider shipping it, i would be interested in keeping it =] in a tank of course, not the toilet =p