think we killed mantis shrimp
- Thread starter Jamie Tuck and son Devin
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:lol: wow, I'd forgotten I passed that trick on to you Andy. It works due to the CO2 in the club soda-it forces the mantis to exit his rock looking for O2. The bacteria seem to survive the dunking just fine. Marina, ya never know when I might get out to the left coast, I do need a vacation. Oh and as far as you posting topside Andy, you know the drill partner.
You lie and I'll swear to it
You lie and I'll swear to it
I smell something moldy and stale here.... must be all those people from "down under" coming up to the NewReefkeeper Forum.
These mantis shrimp can be pretty tough. I used to cook/eat them in Hong Kong (regular shrimp is much better, BTW) and they can survive freshwater treatment for a long time, esp. when they can hid inside the rock. This is how some tidepool critters survive the low tide when it rains.
I suggest you make sure you actually see the dead body to confrim the success of your eradiction procedure.
These mantis shrimp can be pretty tough. I used to cook/eat them in Hong Kong (regular shrimp is much better, BTW) and they can survive freshwater treatment for a long time, esp. when they can hid inside the rock. This is how some tidepool critters survive the low tide when it rains.
I suggest you make sure you actually see the dead body to confrim the success of your eradiction procedure.
I wish you would have really found a better alternative to simply killing it. It didn't do anything wrong other than live in the ocean and get pulled from its home just to be hated and killed for being what it was. Some poeple actually like them and purchase them. I think it would have been better to capture it and return it back to the lfs. IMO
maiden i am not busting chops.
nobody here gave them the idea to even attemp to capture it and return it. I see them for sale in many LFS's that I go to.
Jamie truck I am not trying to bust your chops as maiden here is claiming I just simply wish that the poor guy didn't have to be destroyed because it is undesireable for a reef tank.
Bob has some real zingers ehh? :wink:
nobody here gave them the idea to even attemp to capture it and return it. I see them for sale in many LFS's that I go to.
Jamie truck I am not trying to bust your chops as maiden here is claiming I just simply wish that the poor guy didn't have to be destroyed because it is undesireable for a reef tank.
Bob has some real zingers ehh? :wink:
He does indeed. (can't make that sound he does, tickles my lips too much, must have been a trumpet player in an earlier life.) Do we know each other?
I think the reason why no one gave them the idea to capture and return to the shop is specifically because they are generally highly undesirable, being as how they can decimate a tank in very short order. What would the shop do with it? Chances are, unless it was a peacock or other such beauty, they'd kill it. Just my observation and guess is all.
(can't make that sound he does, tickles my lips too much, must have been a trumpet player in an earlier life.) Do we know each other?I think the reason why no one gave them the idea to capture and return to the shop is specifically because they are generally highly undesirable, being as how they can decimate a tank in very short order. What would the shop do with it? Chances are, unless it was a peacock or other such beauty, they'd kill it. Just my observation and guess is all.
it's just another reason to hate the LFS!
anyhow I have seen mantis shrimp for sale in a few LFS's and they are not peacock mantis. Not only that they have a price tag on them for 29.99
here's a video of someone who likes them lol
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... &plindex=3
anyhow I have seen mantis shrimp for sale in a few LFS's and they are not peacock mantis. Not only that they have a price tag on them for 29.99
here's a video of someone who likes them lol
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... &plindex=3
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 3442150888
here is another one I bet if you got these guys on regular feedings they wouldn't be that much of a problem. I never had one or any expirience with one. But i would be willing to try
maybe your mantis shrimp rescue isn't that bad of an idea. I can just start a mantis tank!
here is another one I bet if you got these guys on regular feedings they wouldn't be that much of a problem. I never had one or any expirience with one. But i would be willing to try
maybe your mantis shrimp rescue isn't that bad of an idea. I can just start a mantis tank!
One of the coolest little pets I've ever had was a mantis - Gonodactylus platysoma. I had him in a 7 gallon mini-bow on my desk at work. He used to come out and just sit there and watch me.
Damn cool critters those stomatopods. Best damn ocular acuities of any organism on earth.
Of course I'm not an expert on them or anything..... :?
Damn cool critters those stomatopods. Best damn ocular acuities of any organism on earth.
Of course I'm not an expert on them or anything..... :?
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