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Sam · 07-02-2005, 01:39 AM

G'day all,
The story of any Mantis caught had to of had a bit of luck involved,and thats the case here as well.For months the cracking and popping prompted me to assume alot of things,the light,the skimmer or the filter I had absolutely no idea what a Mantis shrimp was till one afternoon i noticed my Damsel peering into a hole between the rock, just hovering there i walked over for a quick glance and saw this shrimp hacking at my sleeper goby #5 and shot out of the hole and smashed this Damsel to the glass making cracking and popping noises.
Due to his disfunctional personallity and unwillingness to conform to the tankhood rules i terminated her lease with simple manual labour.
A call to the marine centre quickly said "You have a Manta shrimp"
I waited till i could here a pop noise roughly guessed where she was ,slowly
removed some rock, then the dead Goby with large tweezers then she poked
out her head and scampered to the right (thank god) if she had went to the left i would of been there all day and night.I noticed by chance the rock i had removed created a slither gap so i was able to get a glass pannel (my lid) and splice it ,sectioning it off.
Piece by piece with aid from my beautiful wife the rocks were removed until the last one where she avoided our large cataphillia, scratching at the walls ,cornered and netted.
Any more questions,no dramas m8
Sam and Dave.

07-02-2005, 01:39 AM	#12 (permalink)
Sam Tunicate Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 17 View Gallery Karma Komment	Mantis Shreik G'day all, The story of any Mantis caught had to of had a bit of luck involved,and thats the case here as well.For months the cracking and popping prompted me to assume alot of things,the light,the skimmer or the filter I had absolutely no idea what a Mantis shrimp was till one afternoon i noticed my Damsel peering into a hole between the rock, just hovering there i walked over for a quick glance and saw this shrimp hacking at my sleeper goby #5 and shot out of the hole and smashed this Damsel to the glass making cracking and popping noises. Due to his disfunctional personallity and unwillingness to conform to the tankhood rules i terminated her lease with simple manual labour. A call to the marine centre quickly said "You have a Manta shrimp" I waited till i could here a pop noise roughly guessed where she was ,slowly removed some rock, then the dead Goby with large tweezers then she poked out her head and scampered to the right (thank god) if she had went to the left i would of been there all day and night.I noticed by chance the rock i had removed created a slither gap so i was able to get a glass pannel (my lid) and splice it ,sectioning it off. Piece by piece with aid from my beautiful wife the rocks were removed until the last one where she avoided our large cataphillia, scratching at the walls ,cornered and netted. Any more questions,no dramas m8 Sam and Dave.