need help w/mantis shrimp

seaduck · 12/27/2006, 10:45 AM

We bought a 75 gal tank for xmas. It's set up w/ls and I started buying live rock. Anyway I bought 3 nice big colorful rocks that stood out against the other more bleached stuff. I asked the lfs if these rocks came from someones tank and they said no that it came in from a shipment from figi or tonga. I asked about the possibilty of it contain ing a mantis and he said no. OK, so i put these nice rocks into the tank and 2 days later my wife tells me she saw something that looked like a feather swimming around the rocks. Ive looked but cant find anything or which rock its hiding in. I did notice that a mussel that was attached to the lr is now missing and ive found broken shell frags laying around the rock. I think I heard the clicking noises too.

Am I being paranoid or is there a good possiblity it's a mantis? What else looks like a feather swimming around the rocks?

Should I place a rock at a time in fresh r/o water to see if it will drop out of the rock? IF so how long should I submerge rocks before it kills all the good live stuff on the rocks?

Should I tryi a 2 liter bottle trap 1st before submerging rocks? I want to make sure I get rid of this thing before I start building up the reef.

Any advise/experiences shared would be greatly appreciated....I'm thinking someone had a mantis and traded the rocks to the lfs to get rid of it.....Kinda frustrated at this point/

snslarison · 12/27/2006, 11:03 AM

Remember that clicking is more likely to be a pistol shrimp IME. Not a Mantis.

seaduck · 12/27/2006, 12:59 PM

Pistol shrimp? I forgot about this guy. I better do some research and find out what they look like compared to a mantis.....I guess they both look like shrimp aye?...thx for the suggestion.

snslarison · 12/27/2006, 01:03 PM

Well a Manits looks like and alien lol... and a pistol shrimp looks like a little lobster.

12/27/2006, 10:45 AM	#1
seaduck Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Seminole, fl Posts: 724	need help w/mantis shrimp We bought a 75 gal tank for xmas. It's set up w/ls and I started buying live rock. Anyway I bought 3 nice big colorful rocks that stood out against the other more bleached stuff. I asked the lfs if these rocks came from someones tank and they said no that it came in from a shipment from figi or tonga. I asked about the possibilty of it contain ing a mantis and he said no. OK, so i put these nice rocks into the tank and 2 days later my wife tells me she saw something that looked like a feather swimming around the rocks. Ive looked but cant find anything or which rock its hiding in. I did notice that a mussel that was attached to the lr is now missing and ive found broken shell frags laying around the rock. I think I heard the clicking noises too. Am I being paranoid or is there a good possiblity it's a mantis? What else looks like a feather swimming around the rocks? Should I place a rock at a time in fresh r/o water to see if it will drop out of the rock? IF so how long should I submerge rocks before it kills all the good live stuff on the rocks? Should I tryi a 2 liter bottle trap 1st before submerging rocks? I want to make sure I get rid of this thing before I start building up the reef. Any advise/experiences shared would be greatly appreciated....I'm thinking someone had a mantis and traded the rocks to the lfs to get rid of it.....Kinda frustrated at this point/

12/27/2006, 11:03 AM	#2
snslarison Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Downey, CA Posts: 1,430	Remember that clicking is more likely to be a pistol shrimp IME. Not a Mantis. __________________ "Ok you Primitive Screwheads, listen up! You see this? This... is my BOOMSTICK! " -Army of Darkness

12/27/2006, 01:03 PM	#4
snslarison Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Downey, CA Posts: 1,430	Well a Manits looks like and alien lol... and a pistol shrimp looks like a little lobster. __________________ "Ok you Primitive Screwheads, listen up! You see this? This... is my BOOMSTICK! " -Army of Darkness

12/27/2006, 12:59 PM	#3
seaduck Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Seminole, fl Posts: 724	Pistol shrimp? I forgot about this guy. I better do some research and find out what they look like compared to a mantis.....I guess they both look like shrimp aye?...thx for the suggestion.