Omg! Omg! Omg!!!!

[yote]

lights out was five minutes ago and i keep hearing this click every few minutes... just one click then quiet for a while then another... could it be :(

Thats a real good sign of havin one.

 

[lilduud]

wonderful. :( but ive never even seen it! haha that might also explain the disappearance of my peppermint shrimp.. who i replaced today :) also added 5 astreas and a colony of daisies :)

 

[d2mini]

Hey yote, isn't there a difference in the click pattern between mantis and pistol? I thought the pistols click once, but the mantis can have several clicks in quick succession. Or is it the other way around?

 

[Dana42078]

Do these guys come as hitchers or what? Everyone has seem to have had one...i kinda like em ina weird way they are very pretty

 

[lilduud]

oh i love the things but only if i had a separate tank haha... ive never ever seen a trace of one in my tank but i have been hearing the clicking lately.. :(

 

[d2mini]

Ya, they hide in the rock.... deep down in the nooks and crannies.
The farther down they can go the longer they can survive because it stays wet.

 

[BL1]

If it's in the ocean there's a chance of getting it as a hitchhiker. People have gotten everything from mantis and pistol shrimps, snails, urchins, and starfish to fish and octos

 

[Dana42078]

WOW! Thats crazy...i still want one =) Whats the smallest tank they could survive in?

 

[lilduud]

ive seen emon display at my lfs in 1-3 gallons.... they usually have the same one for a few months so its not even just a temp tank.. id assume theyd do fine in something small though,

 

[BL1]

It really depends on the type, some only get to be about 1-2 in. But others get as big as 6-12 in

 

[lilduud]

I was referring to the peacock ones i didn't know if you could keep the big ones. The peacock mantis which is my favorite for the colours seems to do well insmall ones :)

 

[d2mini]

This one is 2"

 

[yote]

Hey yote, isn't there a difference in the click pattern between mantis and pistol? I thought the pistols click once, but the mantis can have several clicks in quick succession. Or is it the other way around?

Your thinking right Dennis.Mantis can hit 3 to 4 times a second if they need to.A pistol will usually just get a couple of clicks in a minute.
The sound is a tad bit different to.Where a mantis has more of click,a pistol will sound more like a pop.

 

[mechanic27]

That was a nice catch.

 

[Cottonwood]

So I'm very new...but whats the problem with having it in your tank? Will it eat your fish and stuff? Kinda cool looking I think!

 

[Bifferwine]

Will it eat your fish and stuff?

Yeah they are predators. They will eat anything they can catch.

 

[d2mini]

crap, i forgot this guy is still sitting in a cup in my spare bedroom. :lol:

 

[dcantucson]

:shock::shock::shock::shock::shock::shock:

Now that's just cruel.

 

[Ange]

I cleaned my skimmer out this evening along with some of the area around it and found several brittle stars that had managed to escape the Picasso Trigger, but I also thing I found three of these little mantis shrimp. They were very small but looked like the one in the pic. I decided to err on the side of caution and left them in the dirty water I tossed. I was able to save about 5 brittle stars though!

 

[Chris_150G]

I cleaned my skimmer out this evening along with some of the area around it and found several brittle stars that had managed to escape the Picasso Trigger, but I also thing I found three of these little mantis shrimp. They were very small but looked like the one in the pic. I decided to err on the side of caution and left them in the dirty water I tossed. I was able to save about 5 brittle stars though!

They all passed thru the skimmer pump? And lived in the poop water?