Smasher Mantis Shrimp!?

[cartery]

@LiverockRocks ? Hard to get a good pic... His eyes are down and to the right of the white shell. He's sticking out of the rock. I knew I was hearing clicking noises that I didn't before the live rock!

 

[cartery]

@LiverockRocks ? Hard to get a good pic... His eyes are down and to the right of the white shell. He's sticking out of the rock. I knew I was hearing clicking noises that I didn't before the live rock!

 

[CHSUB]

Absolutely.

 

[CHSUB]

Mine, actually ate a pest stone crab today.

 

[cartery]

Mine, actually ate a pest stone crab today.

Nice! I have tons of weird little crab hitchhikers that I'm worried about, so I think I'll try to catch him

 

[CHSUB]

Nice! I have tons of weird little crab hitchhikers that I'm worried about, so I think I'll try to catch him

Yes, he will become a problem. I’m trying to remove also, however, many of those weird little crab will also be a problem when they are not little anymore.

 

[BryanM]

tell take sign is if you here a clacking/popping sound, but it looks like a mantis to me as well.

Mine are notoriously hard to catch, and i've stopped trying for the time being.

 

[cartery]

Yes, he will become a problem. I’m trying to remove also, however, many of those weird little crab will also be a problem when they are not little anymore.

Hmm. Interesting point. Maybe I just let nature do it's thing for a while

 

[cartery]

tell take sign is if you here a clacking/popping sound, but it looks like a mantis to me as well.

Mine are notoriously hard to catch, and i've stopped trying for the time being.

Definitely been hearing clicking!

 

[Justnotreef]

If you can catch it, try selling it to a local fish store. Some species can go for a lot.

 

[Uncle99]

The one I got systematically stalked, beat and dragged 3 fish into its cave before I found him.

Viscous to anything it can catch.

 

[cartery]

The one I got systematically stalked, beat and dragged 3 fish into its cave before I found him.

Viscous to anything it can catch.

Yeesh. No fish at the moment, so I've got time to try to catch it

 

[BubblesandSqueak]

did you get it from TBS rock? keeping it in acrylic? so cool.

 

[Uncle99]

Yeesh. No fish at the moment, so I've got time to try to catch it

Oh ya man…..remove that thing unless he’s all you want to keep alive.

The good news is he’s not to smart, is not an overly agile swimmer, not fast. I got mine with a net at night. I disturbed his “lair” he came out and DONE!

Will start with rock dwellers, while they rest at night.

An accomplished hunter.

 

[BryanM]

Oh ya man…..remove that thing unless he’s all you want to keep alive.

The good news is he’s not to smart, is not an overly agile swimmer, not fast. I got mine with a net at night. I disturbed his “lair” he came out and DONE!

Will start with rock dwellers, while they rest at night.

An accomplished hunter.

Weird. Mine were FAST, and I had 3, only caught one.

Since the tank transfer, I got rid of one of the remaining ones as it came out of the live rock.

But I still have one, and it has punched me once. I'm pretty sure I know where his cave is, and I'm contemplating covering it with coral putty.

 

[cartery]

did you get it from TBS rock? keeping it in acrylic? so cool.

Yeah, he came with TBS Rock along with some really awesome other stuff. Acrylic?

 

[Uncle99]

Weird. Mine were FAST, and I had 3, only caught one.

Since the tank transfer, I got rid of one of the remaining ones as it came out of the live rock.

But I still have one, and it has punched me once. I'm pretty sure I know where his cave is, and I'm contemplating covering it with coral putty.

What’s worse is I’ve never ever used any live rock.
Must have come with a coral as a tiny baby.

 

[BubblesandSqueak]

Yeah, he came with TBS Rock along with some really awesome other stuff. Acrylic?

They’ll punch through glass tanks and flood your floor. So acrylic is recommended.

 

[56longroof]

They’ll punch through glass tanks and flood your floor. So acrylic is recommended.

Im not so sure I believe this. I put this in the reoccurring aquarium myths column.

 

[BryanM]

Im not so sure I believe this. I put this in the reoccurring aquarium myths column.

I agree. There’s a couple videos around where they try to get a large mantis to punch glass, never breaks.