Tiny baby mantis shrimp spotted in tank

Malcolm_C · 04/14/2010, 07:48 AM

I saw a very small mantis, only three times the size of the largest copopod, would a six line handle him for me?

anbosu · 04/14/2010, 09:14 AM

Maybe. Any way you can just net it to get it out?

billysanborn · 04/14/2010, 10:12 AM

dont kill it. im sure someone will take it off of your hands.

TheSurgeon · 04/14/2010, 10:16 AM

If you can catch it I will pay for you to ship it to me, plus throw in a small catching fee!

Tyrenlds · 04/14/2010, 11:25 AM

pics!

Malcolm_C · 04/14/2010, 09:32 PM

i would say that its impossible for me to catch, just didnt want it to get big

Malcolm_C · 04/14/2010, 10:01 PM

i would say that its impossible for me to catch, just didnt want it to get big

noahm · 04/14/2010, 11:01 PM

Are you sure it is a mantis? Some amphipods look very similar.

Malcolm_C · 04/15/2010, 12:57 AM

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Originally Posted by noahm

Are you sure it is a mantis? Some amphipods look very similar.

i guess i can't say 100% but it was close to the glass when i saw it, they it skuttled away. havent been able to locate it, but it would have been a very large pod if that was the case, i had those crazy mantis shrip eyes LOL.

inwall75 · 04/15/2010, 05:38 AM

There are several VERY small species. They aren't a baby of a larger species. What color was it?

TheSurgeon · 04/15/2010, 09:12 AM

You can always try a bottle trap. If its a mantis it may work. If its not it may still work.

Malcolm_C · 04/16/2010, 05:18 PM

Lol, thx

04/14/2010, 07:48 AM	#1
Malcolm_C Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Deerfield beach Posts: 2,831	Tiny baby mantis shrimp spotted in tank I saw a very small mantis, only three times the size of the largest copopod, would a six line handle him for me? __________________ Malcolm_C aka Mad_drama Current Tank Info: 120 + Glass / fully automated.

04/14/2010, 10:16 AM	#4
TheSurgeon Registered Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 56	If you can catch it I will pay for you to ship it to me, plus throw in a small catching fee! __________________ Im a motorcycle riding brain surgeon... for hamsters! Booya! Current Tank Info: 90 gallon mixed LPS and Softie tank being converted to FOWLR, 50 gallon custom acrylic cylinder tank being made into a mixed reef

04/14/2010, 09:32 PM	#6
Malcolm_C Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Deerfield beach Posts: 2,831	i would say that its impossible for me to catch, just didnt want it to get big __________________ Malcolm_C aka Mad_drama Current Tank Info: 120 + Glass / fully automated.

04/14/2010, 10:01 PM	#7
Malcolm_C Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Deerfield beach Posts: 2,831	i would say that its impossible for me to catch, just didnt want it to get big __________________ Malcolm_C aka Mad_drama Current Tank Info: 120 + Glass / fully automated.

04/15/2010, 05:38 AM	#10
inwall75 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 1,877	There are several VERY small species. They aren't a baby of a larger species. What color was it? __________________ Curt If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. Current Tank Info: 7.5g nano, 75g Inwall, 18g nano, 12g nano, 200g prop tank

04/14/2010, 09:14 AM	#2
anbosu Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Mount Juliet, TN Posts: 4,528	Maybe. Any way you can just net it to get it out?

04/14/2010, 10:12 AM	#3
billysanborn Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Saratoga, CA Posts: 127	dont kill it. im sure someone will take it off of your hands.

04/14/2010, 11:25 AM	#5
Tyrenlds Premium Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: CA Posts: 332	pics!

04/14/2010, 11:01 PM	#8
noahm Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 2,736	Are you sure it is a mantis? Some amphipods look very similar.

04/15/2010, 09:12 AM	#11
TheSurgeon Registered Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 56	You can always try a bottle trap. If its a mantis it may work. If its not it may still work. __________________ Im a motorcycle riding brain surgeon... for hamsters! Booya! Current Tank Info: 90 gallon mixed LPS and Softie tank being converted to FOWLR, 50 gallon custom acrylic cylinder tank being made into a mixed reef

04/16/2010, 05:18 PM	#12
Malcolm_C Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Deerfield beach Posts: 2,831	Re: Tiny baby mantis shrimp spotted in tank Lol, thx __________________ Malcolm_C aka Mad_drama Current Tank Info: 120 + Glass / fully automated.