Mantis shrimp? - Aquarium Advice

08-27-2006, 12:43 PM

I just put my LR in from tampabaysaltwater yesterday. I did a minute fresh water dip for each peace because I really did not want to get a mantis. Alot of little crabs, stars, snails, hermits...came out but no shrimp. I even poked around in the holes.

Day2 I am hearing clicking but the clicks are usually 1 at a time and only a few times was 2 within 10 seconds. Does this mean it is a pistol? The clicks are not just at night. I have been hearing a loud single pop all morning maybe every 15-20 min.

Thanks

Scottm · 08-27-2006, 12:58 PM

more then likely yes.

08-27-2006, 01:12 PM

more than likely Pistol you mean?

**Fluff** · 08-27-2006, 02:27 PM

Sounds like a pistol but there are no guarantees.

08-27-2006, 02:33 PM

I know Fluff I am very very nervous. "this" may be a pistol, however who knows if I have mantis as well. I live on the 6th floor and reading all these stories on the net about mantis breaking glass has got me about to tear everything down and take a 1,000+ loss.

ntswift · 08-27-2006, 02:45 PM

I'd say it probably is a pistol shrimp also. Check it out at night to see if you can see it.

08-27-2006, 02:53 PM

I hope that is the case. The reason I am "hoping" is because it clicks a lot to be a mantis I think. Everything I read talked about multiple rapid clicks for a mantis and this is only 1 or 2 at a time, but very frequent. Some are louder than others.

**Fluff** · 08-27-2006, 03:49 PM

IMO, mantis are not the monsters they are made out to be. I have read and know of people who keep them in their reefs and coral prop tanks. The potential for broken glass is there if you have the right species but I wouldn't worry about that. Chances I would think are pretty slim. It would take a large mantis to break the glass and you would know if you had that one in there. I had a mantis living in my reef for two years and didn't know it was there til I caught it scurrying about at one night so not all of them are loud bangers either.

08-27-2006, 10:30 PM

Thanks Fluff....would yu believe it. I am looking at my tank at all the featherdusters etc. and I see two eyes on a tiny brown stolk looking at me and then it receeded into the rock. The piece is small. I am going to try and carefully remove the rock. May be more than one

**Fluff** · 08-27-2006, 10:47 PM

Awesome!! They are so intellegent. What are you going to do with it?

08-27-2006, 12:43 PM	#1
Guest Posts: n/a	Mantis shrimp? I just put my LR in from tampabaysaltwater yesterday. I did a minute fresh water dip for each peace because I really did not want to get a mantis. Alot of little crabs, stars, snails, hermits...came out but no shrimp. I even poked around in the holes. Day2 I am hearing clicking but the clicks are usually 1 at a time and only a few times was 2 within 10 seconds. Does this mean it is a pistol? The clicks are not just at night. I have been hearing a loud single pop all morning maybe every 15-20 min. Thanks

08-27-2006, 02:27 PM	#4
Fluff The Keeper Community Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: West Virginia Posts: 10,112 Images: 29	Sounds like a pistol but there are no guarantees. __________________ ~Cindy

08-27-2006, 03:49 PM	#8
Fluff The Keeper Community Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: West Virginia Posts: 10,112 Images: 29	IMO, mantis are not the monsters they are made out to be. I have read and know of people who keep them in their reefs and coral prop tanks. The potential for broken glass is there if you have the right species but I wouldn't worry about that. Chances I would think are pretty slim. It would take a large mantis to break the glass and you would know if you had that one in there. I had a mantis living in my reef for two years and didn't know it was there til I caught it scurrying about at one night so not all of them are loud bangers either. __________________ ~Cindy

08-27-2006, 10:47 PM	#10
Fluff The Keeper Community Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: West Virginia Posts: 10,112 Images: 29	Awesome!! They are so intellegent. What are you going to do with it? __________________ ~Cindy

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08-27-2006, 12:58 PM	#2
Scottm Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: BFE North carolina Posts: 452	more then likely yes.

08-27-2006, 01:12 PM	#3
Guest Posts: n/a	more than likely Pistol you mean?

08-27-2006, 02:33 PM	#5
Guest Posts: n/a	I know Fluff I am very very nervous. "this" may be a pistol, however who knows if I have mantis as well. I live on the 6th floor and reading all these stories on the net about mantis breaking glass has got me about to tear everything down and take a 1,000+ loss.

08-27-2006, 02:45 PM	#6
ntswift Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 732	I'd say it probably is a pistol shrimp also. Check it out at night to see if you can see it.

08-27-2006, 02:53 PM	#7
Guest Posts: n/a	I hope that is the case. The reason I am "hoping" is because it clicks a lot to be a mantis I think. Everything I read talked about multiple rapid clicks for a mantis and this is only 1 or 2 at a time, but very frequent. Some are louder than others.

08-27-2006, 10:30 PM	#9
Guest Posts: n/a	Thanks Fluff....would yu believe it. I am looking at my tank at all the featherdusters etc. and I see two eyes on a tiny brown stolk looking at me and then it receeded into the rock. The piece is small. I am going to try and carefully remove the rock. May be more than one

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