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03-16-2006, 05:17 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Australia
Posts: 130
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Clicking sound in our tank
G;day,
last night about 1am we could here this clicking eminating from our tank?
what is it?
Regards Darren
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03-16-2006, 05:25 PM
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Nucular Hermit
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Takoma Pk, MD
Posts: 2,172
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COngratulations! you have a mantis shrimp!
probably... it could be aliens
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03-16-2006, 05:37 PM
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Little fish in a big pond
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Canton, GA USA
Posts: 5,890
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If it's one-at-a-time clicking, it could be a pistol shrimp. If it's rapid-fire clicking, it's likely a mantis shrimp.
I had a mantis in my seahorse tank for 3 years - never saw it but I heard it every day. Fortunately it never did any harm - I'm sure it found enough leftovers in the pony tank not to need to hunt - however most folks aren't that lucky.
You can fashion a trap by taking a plastic soda bottle, cutting off the funnel end, inverting it, fastening it so the funnel end doesn't come off, and baiting the bottle and put it in the tank at night. IF the shrimp can find the bait in the bottle, chances are he won't be able to get out again - sort of like a lobster trap.
Hope this helps,
Jenn
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03-16-2006, 07:00 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Australia
Posts: 130
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mantis shrimp
Thank you for that,
i saw a real cracker of a mantis shrimp at the LFS i have attached i photo
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03-16-2006, 07:01 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: waukesha, Wisconsin
Posts: 1,294
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That you do not want in a reef tank!
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03-16-2006, 07:13 PM
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Lurker
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Denver
Posts: 363
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If it's a Mantis shrimp you have an excuse to but a new nano tank for it....
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03-16-2006, 08:06 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 25,835
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watch your fingers,He'll go threw the bone!
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03-16-2006, 09:13 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Australia
Posts: 130
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Mantis
The one in the previous post of mine was awesome we saw him the other day 9 inches and growing
Regards Darren
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03-16-2006, 09:31 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Cumming, GA
Posts: 529
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Loverotties,
Can they really hurt you?
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03-16-2006, 10:53 PM
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Tankless Poser
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: El Caribe'
Posts: 4,234
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they can shatter a glass tank from what I heard
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03-16-2006, 10:56 PM
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SPS Farmer
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: California
Posts: 436
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will a one inch mantis cause much damage to the fingers? Or do they have to be a certain size to cause serious damage?
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Tank Specs: 125g (48x25x25) acrylic built in overflow, 40 gallon acrylic custom refuge, 2 400w 20K , Euro Reef ES5-3, " live sand bed, 150p of LR, 3" live sand in refuge, 45watts atinic in refuge, 1/3HP Prime drop-in chiller, 3/4" sea swirl, two Seio 620's and one 820, 2 Bartlett's Anthias, 1 Diamond Watchman goby, Several inverts, sps, lps
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03-16-2006, 11:03 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Denver, Colorado
Posts: 537
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depends on the type, the spearers will pierce your skin and stab you, that will really hurt, the smashers will try to hit you, which has got to sting like no other.
They can shatter glass, but they can also crack acrylic. Most however, never do that. I know a guy that kept a peacock mantis for years and it was about 8 inches when it finally died. He never had any problems with his but other people lose tanks to them. |
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03-16-2006, 11:17 PM
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BIG SMELLY MOD
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Livingston Parish, Denham Springs, Louisiana
Posts: 16,922
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yes it can be a mantis, We have one in our reef and have seen it but hads never caused any harm to anything. I hope it never will. Don't know.
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03-17-2006, 01:37 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Australia
Posts: 130
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mantis damage
Here is an article about mantis damage, and is the tank smashing a bit of a myth?
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03-17-2006, 07:49 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 418
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They have hair like wood bristles, teeth like nails, claws of steel,...but ...they are really cool in a nano 5 
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