Eradicate the Invader: some sort of green mantis shrimp

[perinc]

Hi

I recently moved my 240g reef tank.

Added live rock the last time over a year and a half ago. For the first time yesterday I heard this hammering like sound. Then that afternoon I spotted it, some sort of green mantis shrimp. Like a body snatcher he swiped a snail and took it in to the rock work and began to hammer away.

I don't want him in there. Any suggestions? Any successful methods to trap?

Thanks,

perinc

 

[Bryceandmandy]

ive used the following method for fish...i take a 20 oz bottle of soda and cut it right where the neck meets the label[at its widest point]. then i invert the neck and stick it inside the bottle after cutting off the threaded part tto make the hole the appropriate size.i use a dab of superglue to keep it all together, use a hole punch on either side to connect fishing line so i can pull the trap when needed. i also like to put a couple of small drain holes on the bottom so that i can pull quicker and not have to worry about the little bugger getting out. try a little food in it to coax them. them make traps but theyre expensive and the good one was discontinued a few months ago. i hope this was at least a rational explanation lol if not i can clarify.

 

[cowfish]

If possible, figure out which rock he calls home, remove it from the tank and dunk it in a bucket of freshwater or spray it with seltzer. He should pop out. Then sell him

 

[NYreefNoob]

http://www.blueboard.com/mantis/pics1.htm

 

[Bryceandmandy]

one of my buddies family is from china, they go back periodically and he tells me that they are considered a delicacy in asia...and they happen to be delicious...

 

[nycpassat]

hello perry

 

[Deep Dive Coral]

+1 wit the bottle trick. it worked for me with a peacock mantis.

 

[Imbarrie]

Everything is a delicacy somewhere in Asia.

 

[perinc]

I ordered a trap but will also try the bottle. Bastard started killing fish now too.

 

[ming]

Everything is a delicacy somewhere in Asia.

If its not eaten here in the USA, its a delicacy in asia! :lol2:

 

[skene]

in the US... they are called pets.... in Asia... it's dinner. lol