mantis shrimp

[ReDDeviLs]

hi guys i have encounter some problems recently

im not sure if my tank have any mantis shrimp,because i lost a firegoby 1mth ago,and my blood shrimps and cleaner shrimps have slowly been missing..

i have 2 anemone in my tank,not sure if the shrimps are eaten by the anemone or by some other predator.. can someone advise me on what to do please. thx.

[kee]

hmm maybe crab.. u off the lights at night then u use dim light to see.. or u try the crab trap

[bum]

do you hear a loud clicking noise at night?

its very distinct,

go down to a LFS that sells ot and tap lightly on the glass...

you'll hear the snap

disappearing livestock is also a good sign you got a mantis

[Achilles Tang]

Bum,

Loud clicking sounds may not always correctly indicate a mantis shrimp.

Clicking sounds can be caused by pistol shrimps or even large snails esp, trochus or turban snails, that can rotate their bodies quickly and repeatedly, knocking their shells on the glass, making loud clicking sounds!

I recommend midnight inspections and checking your livestock bodies for scarring. Or you can set a mantis trap to catch them, if any.

[ReDDeviLs]

hi bum,may i know whats a ot?

and AT: what kinda trap can be used to catch the shrimp?

[FuEl]

yea..the turbo snails are notorious for making noise.......

[ryz]

yea my turbo snails always does that. rotate it's shell vigorously for like 1.5 seconds. whaty is it doing BTW? finding a comfortable spot in it's shell? or clearing some dirt or something from it? haha butt itchy? haha

[blacknails]

yea my turbo snails always does that. rotate it's shell vigorously for like 1.5 seconds. whaty is it doing BTW? finding a comfortable spot in it's shell? or clearing some dirt or something from it? haha butt itchy? haha

Exercise..

[lightningstrike]

hi reddevils,

i hv the exact same problem as u do....... i hv lost about 10 gobies of various species of gobies since i've started this hobby about 3 mths back....... and nothing has happened to other fishes except the gobies........ i can also hear loud snapping sounds coming from my tank in the middle of the night......... i m resigned to fate that i've a mantis shrimp in my tank...... though i m still praying hard that it isn't. can anyone help us on how to get the stupid mantis????

[Nic a Jon]

I have the same problem ...lost a fire goby 2weeks ago and my fire shrimp also disappear. But dont know if its mantis shrimp. I once saw a small crab under aLR.

Try this , just saw it on the website

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

[lightningstrike]

thks nic a jon, hope it will be d-day for my mantis shrimp soon!!!!!

[siglap]

how big normally would the shrimp be i think i saw one before and my dottyback actually attacked it but it got away. i heard clicking sound before and i saw my skunk darting . need help.

[arcanehacker]

how big normally would the shrimp be i think i saw one before and my dottyback actually attacked it but it got away. i heard clicking sound before and i saw my skunk darting . need help.

sorry to go off topic.. I realised that dottybacks are really fierce critters .. I have one and it attacks anyone that goes near it no matter how big..

yah.. maybe if your dottyback is big enough, you could rid the mantis shrimp soon.. besides, these dottys' too likes to live in holes of LR.