Is this a mantis shrimp?!

[Kyuubi]

Try holding the rock above a bucket of water but close to the surface. It might come out and drop in the water

If he doesn’t come out of this rock, looks like I’ll have to do it with every single piece of rock I have in the aquarium (￣▽￣) good thing it wasn’t aquascaped

 

[Lavey29]

Based on the other thread I believe we now have a halftime score:

Mighty Mantis Shrimp - 2
Reef Keepers - 0

 

[Skynyrd Fish]

I used a glass water bottle that I slit the cap into pizza slices. The cap was aluminum, and when I sliced the cap I then took a pen and pushed it through the cap to bend the slices in. The shrimp can crawl in, but can’t get out. Also don’t push through with your finger. It can cause cuts and you won’t be able to pull it out. Good luck.

 

[Skynyrd Fish]

I forgot to add I used a piece of raw shrimp for bait. As soon as the lights went out he climbed in. Worked great.

 

[Kyuubi]

Update….. still no sign of the manticore (mantis shrimp) (● ˃̶͈̀ロ˂̶͈́)੭ꠥ⁾⁾ I just placed a bottle with shrimp inside in the hopes he’ll wander in and get trapped…. Wish me luck ( T^T)

 

[Kyuubi]

Update….. still no sign of the manticore (mantis shrimp) (● ˃̶͈̀ロ˂̶͈́)੭ꠥ⁾⁾ I just placed a bottle with shrimp inside in the hopes he’ll wander in and get trapped…. Wish me luck ( T^T)

Sooooo… no luck with the trap, but I was able to grab him (hopefully) with his rock that he chose. I had a seahorse in a 5 gal observation tank that had his quarantine time finish, so I moved him with the rest of my herd, and had a temporary open tank to put the mantis in. I saw him move around his rock but didn’t grab a photo of him moving about in the old aquarium he was in. He’s allllmost an inch big, but moved too fast for me to really observe color or smasher/spear types. I did get another photo of him peaking his eyes out. I left an offering of mysis shrimp in his temporary tank. Hopefully he comes out and says hi soon.
I’m saving to upgrade my 30 gal seahorse tank to a 125gal lagoon type, so hopefully I can upgrade Manticore Mantis in a few months if I probably decide to keep him and figure out his type. Gonna read up on their care requirements since poor dude ended up in my live rock haha. Too bad I can’t use that rock for my aquascape though

 

[PeterEde]

Can you dip in RO water. Most stuff rushes out In freshwater

 

[PeterEde]

I've not tried to catch mine. At least the one I know. But I suspect I have more than one on another rock unless it's the Pistol shrimp smashing my rock

 

[Kmst80]

Here a little video i came across in another mantis hunting thread...really worth it

 

[Kyuubi]

Can you dip in RO water. Most stuff rushes out In freshwater

I did the ro freshwater flush and nothing! A pistol shrimp came out, but my seahorse ate him

 

[Kyuubi]

Here a little video i came across in another mantis hunting thread...really worth it

I love this video

 

[Kmst80]

I did the ro freshwater flush and nothing! A pistol shrimp came out, but my seahorse ate him

I did not know seahorses would eat a pistol shrimp. You got all the action going. And the pistol is now a part of the foodchain.

 

[PeterEde]

I did not know seahorses would eat a pistol shrimp. You got all the action going. And the pistol is now a part of the foodchain.

Must have been a tiny pistol?

 

[MPCReefer]

Just eliminated a mantis from my tank tonight. Had to skewer him after attempting to trap on and off for 13 months. Have some aiptasia and got a shipment of peppermint shrimp in today so he had to go.

 

[PeterEde]

Just eliminated a mantis from my tank tonight. Had to skewer him after attempting to trap on and off for 13 months. Have some aiptasia and got a shipment of peppermint shrimp in today so he had to go.

I have 2 shrimp for CUC then I have at least 1 Mantis who keeps to his own rock (for now) and 2 pistols. No one as yet has had a go at my shrimp. Although I have had a number of hitchhiker crabs turn up dead for no apparent reason while many other crabs have survived cycling including my urchin

 

[MPCReefer]

I have 2 shrimp for CUC then I have at least 1 Mantis who keeps to his own rock (for now) and 2 pistols. No one as yet has had a go at my shrimp. Although I have had a number of hitchhiker crabs turn up dead for no apparent reason while many other crabs have survived cycling including my urchin

Ya, he has taken out several snails and all three original peppermint shrimp I tried to put in t a few months ago. Would have liked to trap him to remove and given to someone that wanted one but he was too smart for the bottle trap and I didn't want to tear up my scape to take a rock out to get him.

 

[Kyuubi]

Must have been a tiny pistol?

It was about 3/4” little orange thing with black eyes, I thought he would have been too big for the seahorse but I underestimated his power. Got him in two gulps ;Sorry