HELP !!! Mantis Spotted !!!

[jeffrey ling]

Help !! Hi, fellow reefers...

Spotted a mantis in my tank... it managed to get in even i've removed a few during my cycling process...

anyone knows how to get it OUT ???

Pls dun ask me to remove the rock... how about using a trap ?

Anyone knows where i can buy one ??

tks tks

[timzhiquan]

hold some salt in your fist and drop it down the mantis hole. when the bugger shoots out, grab it with a pair of tweezers/pliers depending on how big it is.

[FuEl]

Just pump the hole full of conc. kalk solution. Then you use epoxy and epoxy it in its hole till it rots.

[RAV-65]

Bro,

watever u use to squirt it, like kalk solution or salt, beware and make sure there are no LS nearby when u do it...

Juz my $0.02...

Vincent Ho

[Guinness]

or you could 'borrow' a large trigger

[RAV-65]

or you could 'borrow' a large trigger

Yeah, you end up taking out all the LS and corals....

but u can dun take out the LR!!

[xiggie]

whats wrong with mantis? .. ive got a few of them in my tank ..... never do anything leh ..... always play peek a boo with me summore ..

[lightningstrike]

Just pump the hole full of conc. kalk solution. Then you use epoxy and epoxy it in its hole till it rots.

i hv done that b4, the mantis simply juz dug another exit!!! my experience catching the mantis will be to hook a pc of market prawn near the hole, get it to come out and then crush it with a chopstick!

[Guinness]

.............. to hook a pc of market prawn near the hole, get it to come out and then crush it with a chopstick!

Hmmmm.... good idea leh....I guess u have to be pretty quick with the chop sticks though.....

Anyone ever tried prawn hooks? Like those they use for fishing prawns?

[tansh]

I spotted 1 mantis about 1.5inchs in my tank for some time but just ignore,last few days when i look at my filter wool in my sump tank,the mantis stuck at the filter wool trying to escape,quickly catch it and throw out of my window.

[RAV-65]

I spotted 1 mantis about 1.5inchs in my tank for some time but just ignore,last few days when i look at my filter wool in my sump tank,the mantis stuck at the filter wool trying to escape,quickly catch it and throw out of my window.

Our of the window?

Wat if it lands into your neighbours reef tank below?

Anyway bro, dat may not be the only mantis shrimp you have in your tank! kekeke... Good Luck!

Vincent Ho