Something HUNGRY in the 14g - Page 3

goldenmean · 11-07-2007, 03:49 PM

Dentoid posted this in my 55g chronicle thread last night

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This is directly out of "Reef Invertebrates.." by Anthony Calfo and Robert Fenner.

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While some larger species of mantis shrimps pose a legitimate threat to desirable livestock in an aquarium, some incidentally acquired species that "show up" with live rock are really little trouble or cause for concern. Oftentimes, the drab little brown or green species like Gonodactylaceus falcatus and Pseudosquilla ciliata pose little likeihood of ruining your day, with an adult size of 2". Some small invertebrates may indeed be at risk (like snails), but there is no dire need to call off work, hide the children, or call in troops to seek and destroy the invader. It is just a little stomatopod after all...Rest assured that such species are less of a risk to your fishes that a common carpet anemone of elephant ear corallimorph. end quote
Unfortunately, I got rid of my mantis shrimps before I got this book, otherwise
I would have kept them! Don't worry about them eating your fish!

I dont think you have a mantis.
You would have heard him making popping noises.
Could be a big hairy crab of some sorts.

fishnu · 11-07-2007, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by BEELZEBOB

also, keep in mind that these things are very very smart. they're up there with octopus', who are smarter than cats.

so they're about the most conscious sentient beigs you can house in a reef tank.

Is sentience desirable in a pet? The smarter they are the more they begin to have ideas of their own.......

kathywithbirds · 11-07-2007, 05:05 PM

Well!!! After much excitement, MiniMoe is in the 75g, and the mystery fish eater has full reign over the 14g and can stay there as long as he likes, Mike says. He wanted a coral-only tank anyway really. There's a cleaner and a sexy shrimp in there we'll get out too, but for now we'll see if we can lure out the mystery critter with a lack of food. He's got to go hunting one of these days. Mike thinks it's a crab.

kathywithbirds · 11-14-2007, 11:16 PM

Our fish eater might just be this bristleworm that's been in there for a while. It's BIG. I told Mike it was but he thought it was another smallerone he'd seen... well tonight we saw it. There are only the 2 shrimpies in there with him and corals. Some of which MAY have been chewed upon.

Well when Mike saw him he let out a nice string of expletives -- that wasn't the one he'd seen.

SO this worm is possibly thicker than a quarter inch including bristles. Length is undetermined, but probably at least a few inches. We're trying the nylon hose (can't believe I still had a couple pair) with a silverside inside. Mike ate all the cooked shrimp earlier. He hadn't been feeding the tank in the hopes of seeing something, so hopefully he'll take the bait.

maybe Mike'll be a little more careful about the gloves now...

fishnu · 11-15-2007, 12:15 AM

"We're gonna need a bigger shrimp"

vdituri · 11-15-2007, 12:47 AM

We're gonna need a bigger boat!

I'd be stacking out that tank with a stake knife!
1/4 inch? That qualifies as an eel I believe.

Good luck on the hunt.

caitrina · 11-15-2007, 08:51 PM

So what's happening? Anything? Nothing? Something?

kathywithbirds · 11-15-2007, 08:59 PM

No go on the hosiery. There's a bristleworm trap, basically a tube with a meshy end, at petsolutions. May try that. Mike tried spearing him but that's not gonna happen, thing is too quick and too buried in the rock. The hunt continues.

vdituri · 11-15-2007, 11:52 PM

Does seltzer water work on worms as well as mantis?

kathywithbirds · 11-16-2007, 12:22 AM

Oh no. We already went through this with Bob. mike does NOT want to move rocks in his tank. At all. No thank you, no way, no how. Bob suggested I persuade him with some activity that's illegal in 7 states. (and how did Bob get in on this you may be asking? me too, I'm still asking.)

So my response is mike's on his own on this one. There's two shrimps in there who have proven pretty smart so far, and I'll probably get them soon just to be safe, but that's all the mobile critters in that tank now. So MIke's on his own. I will spectate from a safe distance. and offer criticism... I mean advice.

11-07-2007, 05:05 PM	#33 (permalink)
kathywithbirds Social Darwinism victim Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Hood, NJ Posts: 5,749 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Something HUNGRY in the 14g Well!!! After much excitement, MiniMoe is in the 75g, and the mystery fish eater has full reign over the 14g and can stay there as long as he likes, Mike says. He wanted a coral-only tank anyway really. There's a cleaner and a sexy shrimp in there we'll get out too, but for now we'll see if we can lure out the mystery critter with a lack of food. He's got to go hunting one of these days. Mike thinks it's a crab. __________________ (\_/) (\__/) ( . .) (^.^) (")(") (> <) Bunny and Bunnina have worked things out. Bunny was mistaken after all, Bunnina was not having an affair. "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." ~Lin Yutang

11-14-2007, 11:16 PM	#34 (permalink)
kathywithbirds Social Darwinism victim Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Hood, NJ Posts: 5,749 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Something HUNGRY in the 14g Our fish eater might just be this bristleworm that's been in there for a while. It's BIG. I told Mike it was but he thought it was another smallerone he'd seen... well tonight we saw it. There are only the 2 shrimpies in there with him and corals. Some of which MAY have been chewed upon. Well when Mike saw him he let out a nice string of expletives -- that wasn't the one he'd seen. SO this worm is possibly thicker than a quarter inch including bristles. Length is undetermined, but probably at least a few inches. We're trying the nylon hose (can't believe I still had a couple pair) with a silverside inside. Mike ate all the cooked shrimp earlier. He hadn't been feeding the tank in the hopes of seeing something, so hopefully he'll take the bait. maybe Mike'll be a little more careful about the gloves now... __________________ (\_/) (\__/) ( . .) (^.^) (")(") (> <) Bunny and Bunnina have worked things out. Bunny was mistaken after all, Bunnina was not having an affair. "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." ~Lin Yutang

11-15-2007, 12:15 AM	#35 (permalink)
fishnu Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Naperville, IL Posts: 998 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Something HUNGRY in the 14g "We're gonna need a bigger shrimp" __________________ *I'd rather be good slow than bad fast.* Fishnu, Lord of Fishes Mantis Shrimp Club My Tank Thread The Wisdom of Fishnu - Mistakes on the path. 75 Gal Refurbished and Refinished Dutch Aquariums System Tank drilled with 2 1.5" bulkheads and 30 Gal Sump / Refugium Combo; 90 Lbs Fiji LR; ASM G2; OR6500 Pump; 2 Koralia Nanos; 2 150W HQI 2 96W Actinics; Gamma 25w UV; Kent Maxxima Hi S 60GPD RO/DI. Amphiprion percula (OMEN); Sphaeramia nematoptera (CODY); stenopus hispidus (PIMP THE SHRIMP); Selected hermits and snails. Euphyllia divisa, Euphyllia glabrescens, Pink Acanthastrea (Lord?), Zoas, selected mushrooms (Rhodactis, Actinodiscus, Sarcophyton ...). Looking for mermaid.

11-15-2007, 12:47 AM	#36 (permalink)
vdituri Excellent Guesser :D Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Sacramento California Posts: 5,730 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Something HUNGRY in the 14g We're gonna need a bigger boat! I'd be stacking out that tank with a stake knife! 1/4 inch? That qualifies as an eel I believe. Good luck on the hunt. __________________ Victor ----- People come into our lives for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.

11-15-2007, 08:51 PM	#37 (permalink)
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11-15-2007, 08:59 PM	#38 (permalink)
kathywithbirds Social Darwinism victim Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Hood, NJ Posts: 5,749 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Something HUNGRY in the 14g No go on the hosiery. There's a bristleworm trap, basically a tube with a meshy end, at petsolutions. May try that. Mike tried spearing him but that's not gonna happen, thing is too quick and too buried in the rock. The hunt continues. __________________ (\_/) (\__/) ( . .) (^.^) (")(") (> <) Bunny and Bunnina have worked things out. Bunny was mistaken after all, Bunnina was not having an affair. "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." ~Lin Yutang

11-15-2007, 11:52 PM	#39 (permalink)
vdituri Excellent Guesser :D Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Sacramento California Posts: 5,730 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Something HUNGRY in the 14g Does seltzer water work on worms as well as mantis? __________________ Victor ----- People come into our lives for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.

11-16-2007, 12:22 AM	#40 (permalink)
kathywithbirds Social Darwinism victim Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Hood, NJ Posts: 5,749 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Something HUNGRY in the 14g Oh no. We already went through this with Bob. mike does NOT want to move rocks in his tank. At all. No thank you, no way, no how. Bob suggested I persuade him with some activity that's illegal in 7 states. (and how did Bob get in on this you may be asking? me too, I'm still asking.) So my response is mike's on his own on this one. There's two shrimps in there who have proven pretty smart so far, and I'll probably get them soon just to be safe, but that's all the mobile critters in that tank now. So MIke's on his own. I will spectate from a safe distance. and offer criticism... I mean advice. __________________ (\_/) (\__/) ( . .) (^.^) (")(") (> <) Bunny and Bunnina have worked things out. Bunny was mistaken after all, Bunnina was not having an affair. "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." ~Lin Yutang

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