Mantis shrimp~

[Asaki]

Sorry to bother you guys, I think my tank got a new inhabitant with my recent addition of live rock.... It alway hide in the hole or burrow on the rock and it look greenish and from the way it look i suspect it is a mantis shrimp cause I check the www and found that it really look very similar like a mantis shrimp except tat it is around 2.5 to 3 cm.

Can someone enlighten me on whether should i remove it or left it intact ? I currently keep an Platax pinnatus, 2 clownfish, 1 cow fish, 1 mandarin fish, 2 skunk shrimp plus some nudibranch.

The mantis shrimp apparently dun move out of it lair at all unless i put some food near it or else it will just hide in it. Pls advice me on it.

[hotlemond]

it will eat your fish eventually. remove it.

here's something to help:

http://www.blueboard.com/mantis/pest/catch.htm

[Lin]

it will eat your fish eventually. remove it.

here's something to help:

http://www.blueboard.com/mantis/pest/catch.htm

hey! tis is a good link.. ..coz i have hard time catching my 3cm mantis in my tank which is 6mths in my tank and worst, i duno which rock it hide ..

thks for the sharing! Will try out the few method..

[LIM CHYE HUAT]

Sorry to bother you guys, I think my tank got a new inhabitant with my recent addition of live rock.... It alway hide in the hole or burrow on the rock and it look greenish and from the way it look i suspect it is a mantis shrimp cause I check the www and found that it really look very similar like a mantis shrimp except tat it is around 2.5 to 3 cm.

Can someone enlighten me on whether should i remove it or left it intact  ? I currently keep an Platax pinnatus, 2 clownfish, 1 cow fish, 1 mandarin fish, 2 skunk shrimp plus some nudibranch.

The mantis shrimp apparently dun move out of it lair at all unless i put some food near it or else it will just hide in it. Pls advice me on it.

does it look something like this ?

found one few months back , gave to a friend who later return me say sian already.1.5 to 2 inch.

[Yellowbelly]

I got one too and it is pink in colour...now about 1.5cm....it is staying right at the bottom level of the rock and to remove it means removing everything from the top.

wah how man ?

[zorden]

thank out the life rocks...and put it inside fresh water...

it will then come out...

[Asaki]

does it look something like this ?

found one few months back , gave to a friend who later return me say sian already.1.5 to 2 inch.

Yeah it look like this ~~ But mine is lighter green... kekez lucky it is on the top live rock of my rock formation lolz... so easier to catch it and i know where it is hiding.... thx for the information. Kekez think i may keep it in my unused small tank. Especially thx to all of you who helped ~~ Since i only start my tank like less then 2 months.

Realized that alot of you also got mantis shrimp in their tank kekez muz be hitchhike using the live rock into your tank. Saw a peacock mantis shrimp at this marine fish farm at pasir ris farmway yesterday ~~ it was a full grown one.... anyway going down to pasir ris farmway later so maybe may bump into any of SRC members lolz

[Asaki]

Oh by the way, is there anyone here who keeping Platax pinnatus aka long finned bat fish ? I wish to know more about mine fish kekez