I just found a mantis shrimp in my tank...

krazedkazoo · 03/25/2010, 10:43 AM

I just found him carrying off another dead crab in his front claws into a hole in my LR. That explains the series of multiple clicks I hear every now and then.

I also have a de-shelled half eaten hermit too.

I need to get this thing out, pronto.

leftcoastreefer · 03/25/2010, 11:03 AM

Sounds like fun! I would love to have a mantis if you wanna part with it. What color is it?

krazedkazoo · 03/25/2010, 11:38 AM

Well that was easy. Filled a bucket with plain tap water and craptons of marine salt. Set the huge piece of LR in the bucket and within a minute this little jerk was swimmin' around trying to jump out of the bucket.

I have him in a ziplock with a little of the normal tank water in it, so Im not sure how long he'll last to be honest. Don't know if the hypersalinity (is that the right word?) did any permanent damage.

Here's some pics:

leftcoastreefer · 03/25/2010, 12:03 PM

Congratulations on an easy removal. I went through hell with a stone crab a few years ago.

gambitcobra · 03/25/2010, 12:22 PM

that looks like a nice one!

krazedkazoo · 03/25/2010, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by gambitcobra

that looks like a nice one!

He wasn't nice to my other crabs...

amheck · 03/25/2010, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by gambitcobra

that looks like a nice one!

Yeah, maybe he'll let you pet him on the head. Give it a try!

krazedkazoo · 03/25/2010, 01:21 PM

I got some closeups. I put him in an old beta fish tank I had laying around. He seems to be fond of perching in the plastic trees.

Looks like he's got greens and pinks on him... he's a little prettier than I thought.

mrferrit · 03/25/2010, 02:03 PM

Aweee he is cute

listen2bob · 03/25/2010, 02:36 PM

make him the fuge master!

TampaSnooker · 03/25/2010, 06:03 PM

That didn't come out of the pond cultured rock, did it?

krazedkazoo · 03/25/2010, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by TampaSnooker

That didn't come out of the pond cultured rock, did it?

Nope, the other stuff I got. The stuff that also had the weird red lumpy thing on it. Either way, not sure what to do with him. I have no idea how big he's going to get since there's apparently a ton of different kinds of mantis shrimp...

krazedkazoo · 03/25/2010, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by listen2bob

make him the fuge master!

Haha! Oh man, that sounds kinda fun.

Mick213 · 03/25/2010, 09:13 PM

I hope people play with your dead body like that when your dead!The Snapping sound you hear is a pistol Shrimp!

krazedkazoo · 03/25/2010, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Mick213

I hope people play with your dead body like that when your dead!The Snapping sound you hear is a pistol Shrimp!

If you're referring to me taking pictures of the mantis-- he was alive for all of them, and is still very much alive. Also, mantis shrimp make popping/clicking sounds just like pistol shrimp. Here is an excerpt for you to read:

* A lot of people seem to be confused about this. Pistol shrimps, which are "generally" viewed as non-harmful to most inhabitants of the tank, can and do make these clicking noises using one of their enlarged, specialized claws. Mantis shrimps cannot by themselves produce such noises. However, they can and do produce clicking noises whenever they use their raptorial appendages to hammer something hard, whether it be the armored shell of some luckless crab or mollusk, or the walls of their cavities. I have read somewheres that one way to tell from the clicking noises is that pistol shrimps tend to snap in ones and twos, whereas mantis shrimps make rapid multiple hits.
* The point here is that clicking noises don't prove anything. However, in conjunction with the continued loss of inhabitants, and the lack of any other viable culprit, you can probably assume that you do have a mantis problem.

The popping in my tank was always in groups like "taptaptaptaptap". If you watch youtube videos of mantis shrimp, they make those sounds as they punch their prey.

Grizzy · 03/26/2010, 07:52 AM

Pretty cool pictures!

Mantis are sweet...as long as they're not in my tank.

RedAnt78 · 03/26/2010, 09:45 AM

He's cool, you should get a little 5 gallon for him. I bet it would be really cool to see him go after some feeder shrimp and stuff

krazedkazoo · 03/26/2010, 09:53 AM

If anyone wants him, I'd be willing to trade him for some soft coral frags or a cleaner shrimp.

Just let me know!

schudini · 03/26/2010, 12:08 PM

I already got 2 that make babies, so I'm set.

But they do make cool pets (species tank) and need very little maintenance and low light (room lighting is sufficient).

03/25/2010, 10:43 AM	#1
krazedkazoo Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Riverview, FL Posts: 193	I just found a mantis shrimp in my tank... I just found him carrying off another dead crab in his front claws into a hole in my LR. That explains the series of multiple clicks I hear every now and then. I also have a de-shelled half eaten hermit too. I need to get this thing out, pronto. __________________ I'm a starving artist. Current Tank Info: 40g reef,1 clown, 2 firefish, 1 flame hawk, 1 lawnmower blenny, 1 yellow watchman, various soft corals.

03/25/2010, 11:38 AM	#3
krazedkazoo Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Riverview, FL Posts: 193	Well that was easy. Filled a bucket with plain tap water and craptons of marine salt. Set the huge piece of LR in the bucket and within a minute this little jerk was swimmin' around trying to jump out of the bucket. I have him in a ziplock with a little of the normal tank water in it, so Im not sure how long he'll last to be honest. Don't know if the hypersalinity (is that the right word?) did any permanent damage. Here's some pics: __________________ I'm a starving artist. Current Tank Info: 40g reef,1 clown, 2 firefish, 1 flame hawk, 1 lawnmower blenny, 1 yellow watchman, various soft corals.

03/25/2010, 12:22 PM	#5
gambitcobra Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Riverview, FL Posts: 880	that looks like a nice one! __________________ Miracles Starphire 240 gallon, EcoTech Marine Radion XR30W Pro LED x4, Bubble King Alpha 200, Tunze 6105s, 6155

03/25/2010, 01:21 PM	#8
krazedkazoo Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Riverview, FL Posts: 193	I got some closeups. I put him in an old beta fish tank I had laying around. He seems to be fond of perching in the plastic trees. Looks like he's got greens and pinks on him... he's a little prettier than I thought. __________________ I'm a starving artist. Current Tank Info: 40g reef,1 clown, 2 firefish, 1 flame hawk, 1 lawnmower blenny, 1 yellow watchman, various soft corals.

03/25/2010, 02:03 PM	#9
mrferrit Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: St Petersburg Posts: 2,372	Aweee he is cute __________________ Dennis protector and keeper of the wonder dog (RIP) Oreo and the short bus dog puppy and crazy cat Gawain1974: make me want to take a weed wacker to my scrotum. Current Tank Info: Biocube 29

03/25/2010, 11:03 AM	#2
leftcoastreefer Moved On Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Belleair bluffs, Fl Posts: 837	Sounds like fun! I would love to have a mantis if you wanna part with it. What color is it?

03/25/2010, 12:03 PM	#4
leftcoastreefer Moved On Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Belleair bluffs, Fl Posts: 837	Congratulations on an easy removal. I went through hell with a stone crab a few years ago.

03/25/2010, 02:36 PM	#10
listen2bob - David Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: North Tampa Posts: 776	make him the fuge master!

03/25/2010, 06:03 PM	#11
TampaSnooker Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Land O Lakes, FL Posts: 1,401	That didn't come out of the pond cultured rock, did it?

03/25/2010, 09:13 PM	#14
Mick213 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 61	I hope people play with your dead body like that when your dead!The Snapping sound you hear is a pistol Shrimp!

03/26/2010, 07:52 AM	#16
Grizzy Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Tampa Posts: 378	Pretty cool pictures! Mantis are sweet...as long as they're not in my tank.

03/26/2010, 09:45 AM	#17
RedAnt78 Likes fish Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Edgewater, FL Posts: 649	He's cool, you should get a little 5 gallon for him. I bet it would be really cool to see him go after some feeder shrimp and stuff __________________ 40 Breeder Rimless. SPS dominated - 2x Radion XR15

03/26/2010, 09:53 AM	#18
krazedkazoo Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Riverview, FL Posts: 193	If anyone wants him, I'd be willing to trade him for some soft coral frags or a cleaner shrimp. Just let me know! __________________ I'm a starving artist. Current Tank Info: 40g reef,1 clown, 2 firefish, 1 flame hawk, 1 lawnmower blenny, 1 yellow watchman, various soft corals.

03/26/2010, 12:08 PM	#19
schudini Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: In the Land of Mary Posts: 2,001	I already got 2 that make babies, so I'm set. But they do make cool pets (species tank) and need very little maintenance and low light (room lighting is sufficient). __________________ If man's reach exceeds his grasp, we should be careful, lest we reach our own destruction. Current Tank Info: New tanks in the works. DIY Aquarium Vac (click my homepage)