Mantis shrimp removal

[C24IaHawks1]

I Just discovered a Mantis shrimp in my tank. He's about two inches long and i havent noticed anything dying yet. Can anyone give me suggestions on how to remove him? I have seen him a few times and he is quite a charactor. I have also heard the clicking sounds that Mantis Shrimp have been known to make. Any help to remove him would be appreciated.

 

[parrotchute]

Your LFS should be able to rent you a fish trap. Put some shellfish in there (maybe a piece of shrimp or something) and hopefully it will go in there and get trapped.

 

[ndepratt]

just pick him up with your hands.... probably be ok....

lol

 

[mennazeher04]

I have taken out like 4 or 5 of those things out of my tank. And monday i come home from work and i hear that dreadful clicking noise. So i put the trap in there and this thing is huge its like 4 inches and its bright red. I have only seen the blue ones that ive taken out before. Thinking about keeping him in another tank unless someone wants to buy him.(IF I CAN CATCH HIM.....LOL)

 

[C24IaHawks1]

Ndepratt...you are a funny man..better keep your day job

 

[C24IaHawks1]

Mennazeher04...How did you get them out?

 

[mennazeher04]

Mennazeher04...How did you get them out?

I bought a pest trap from the Drs..........Reef Aquarium Nuisance Invertebrates: Aquarium Pest Trap for Bristle worms, & Mantis Shrimp..............works good but i think its expensive for just a plastic box with holes in it.

 

[mng777777]

Yote has dealt with a number of them too. You might check with him or look up his Mantis thread.

 

[daugherty]

jyst dont use your hand to get him out if you know which rock its in use a pair of tongs and take the rock out

 

[XxKnuckleheadxX]

find the rock he is in. pull it out of the tank and put the rock in a bucket of cold water he should come hauling butt out, thats how i got mine out.
also like daughtry said dont use your hand, they could split your finger open if strong or big enough.

 

[dcantucson]

I have taken out like 4 or 5 of those things out of my tank. And monday i come home from work and i hear that dreadful clicking noise. So i put the trap in there and this thing is huge its like 4 inches and its bright red. I have only seen the blue ones that ive taken out before. Thinking about keeping him in another tank unless someone wants to buy him.(IF I CAN CATCH HIM.....LOL)

winyfrog seems to be the only one who likes these things. Ask her!
The way every talks... it's like the plague; they just scare me! :yikesu:

 

[mng777777]

they are great in their own tank that you don't have a fortune tied up in, but they have been known to break glass and kill everything else alive in their tank so they definitely are not welcome in the reef tank.

 

[dcantucson]

or any tank of mine!!!

 

[mng777777]

wouldnt want to risk the health of your precious crabs :)

 

[dcantucson]

:helm2: Watch that kind of talk! :helm2:

 

[ndepratt]

Ndepratt...you are a funny man..better keep your day job

wish i had a day job :(

 

[project5k]

wait, did you say break glass? holy crap! and to think i was thinking that they were pretty cool!

 

[dustin_P74]

wait, did you say break glass?

they have been known to do that

 

[winyfrog]

they have been known to do that

Small mantis are not strong enough to break glass, but I have had one that was 4" long that cracked my tank (it took me a few days to figure out why the tank was losing so much water LOL) I just siliconed a peice of glass back over the crack, its all good :)

If your going to keep one its probably best to use an acrylic tank. I love my mantis they have great personalities.

 

[XxKnuckleheadxX]

go to youtube and look up mantis shrimp, they are super agressive.