Mantis shrimp

ghoti · 09-30-2004, 07:38 AM

For a couple of months, I've been hearing the occasional clicking. I wasn't sure whether it was a mantis shrimp. A couple of months ago I added a sea star which was half gone the morning after introduction. Shortly thereafter he was all gone. My suspicions have been confirmed. I saw a brown mantis shrimp about two inches long dart from one crevice to another. I have tried the coke bottle trick but he's too smart for me. Any suggestions?

Doug1 · 09-30-2004, 08:07 AM

You might have to pull the rock out that he's hiding in and dip it in some high salinity SW, or of its a small rock with nothing valuable on it you can pour soda water over it

iamdickie · 09-30-2004, 08:37 AM

1 liter bottle trick, stick some shrimp or silversides in there at night, then wait. he will go in, and you should be able to get the sob then!

ghoti · 09-30-2004, 06:37 PM

Do they tend to have a particular spot in the tank? THe only time I've seen him, he was on the move. I tried some pippy flesh (bivalve) in a coke bottle but he didn't take the bait. What is their natural diet? Would live bait be the go? I can get small ghost shrimp in the canal near my place.