bye bye mantis

[jtt]

Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/2797108
Killing it humanely would have kept them off my list......
like how? sticking it into a brand new nano while you are putting it through its first cycle?
thats how im jumpstarting my cycle with a Damsel.

 

[cranberry]

ummm.... ya.... *thumbs up*

 

[salt nate]

well what colorful mantis would live in a 10 g?
what can I house with it?

 

[cranberry]

Is it a standard 10 gallon?

 

[ilovemytank]

You aren't really asking advice about the possibility of getting a mantis in a tank after you just murdered one. When a life is in your hands and there are natural behaviors you don't like then take the responsabilty to find it a new home.

 

[socal57che]

A quick post on the local reef club forum would have solved the issue without killing the animal. I wonder what God thinks when I inject one of His creatures with lemon juice and Kalk to kill it. If I leave the hobby, this will be why. Is spraying ants worse than shooting bald eagles from the sky? At what point do we consider life precious?
Just something to ponder the next time we feel the need to kill the animals we are in charge of looking after.

 

[salt nate]

couldnt of said it better myself socal! I mean what about a water change...do you know how many organisms are in that water that you dump down the drain!!!!
and yes, I am considering a mantis....one that is not brown and ugly

 

[-tara33-]

lolz cranberry, he.....i mean she was relly upset about that,at least you no know so that you dont kill another one.

 

[sueandherzoo]

Originally Posted by socal57che
http:///forum/post/2800044
A quick post on the local reef club forum would have solved the issue without killing the animal. I wonder what God thinks when I inject one of His creatures with lemon juice and Kalk to kill it. If I leave the hobby, this will be why. Is spraying ants worse than shooting bald eagles from the sky? At what point do we consider life precious?
Just something to ponder the next time we feel the need to kill the animals we are in charge of looking after.
I can relate. I've had one aiptasia on a piece of live rock since I set up the tank about 12 weeks and I don't have the heart to kill it. I'm not 100% positive it's aiptasia (but probably is) and it was the only living thing I could see for those first few very boring months so I just can't bring myself to put the Joe's Juice on it. I BOUGHT some, but haven't used it.
Sue

 

[rcreations]

There are too many irresponsible people in this hobby, who kill any living creature they don't like in their tanks. I'm sure these people have the same logic in real life too. Oh well... Heck, one time I found a nasty crab in one of my LR and I still didn't kill it. I ended up giving it to someone on these forums who put it in his fuge.

 

[sueandherzoo]

Originally Posted by RCreations
http:///forum/post/2800394
There are too many irresponsible people in this hobby, who kill any living creature they don't like in their tanks. I'm sure these people have the same logic in real life too. Oh well... Heck, one time I found a nasty crab in one of my LR and I still didn't kill it. I ended up giving it to someone on these forums who put it in his fuge.
All the MORE reason to set up a sump or a fuge..... a welcoming place for something that's not desirable in the DT but might be very happy (and maybe beneficial) elsewhere, and NO KILLING!
Sue

 

[spinylobster]

Cmon guys it was just a shrimp, i understand that it is a living creature and it did nothin to him, but if you find a rattlesnake on your porch your gonna kill it, even if it has done nothin to you.

 

[cranberry]

Originally Posted by spinylobster
http:///forum/post/2800399
Cmon guys it was just a shrimp, i understand that it is a living creature and it did nothin to him, but if you find a rattlesnake on your porch your gonna kill it, even if it has done nothin to you.
You need to have some respect. I keep them as pets, thus you are talking about killing my pet. I won't go to the rattlesnake forum sniffing around for recipes and I expect the same courtesy to be extended here.

 

[spanko]

Alright everyone I think the point has been made. Salt Nate was working on information he had that the mantis is bad and not something wanted in your display. Harm done and over as he now understands. I don't think he is a serial critter killer.
JMO

 

[cranberry]

I'm over salt nate... they are now gonna be a fellow mantis friend *squeeze* *squeeze*...... it's the peanut gallery that isn't amusing me....
So salt nate, is it a standard 10 gallon?

 

[spinylobster]

Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/2800416
You need to have some respect. I keep them as pets, thus you are talking about killing my pet. I won't go to the rattlesnake forum sniffing around for recipes and I expect the same courtesy to be extended here.
Respect???
Listen. If you want to keep rattlesnakes as pets thats your business. If I catch one on my porch I will kill it 10 times over.. K! As I said in my first post, I just don't walk around looking to kill gods creatures, but you are getting bent of shape over a little shrimp. So, should I not feed my grouper live shrimp, is that inhumane to watch a shrimp swim for his life right b4 my grouper destroys it(isnt it all the same)

 

[salt nate]

hey cran...yeah, its a 10 gal that has like an angled bow front if that makes since. it has 6 sides, flat on the back and on the sides and three sides on the front of the tank.

 

[ironeagle2006]

Heck I am thinking about a Mantis for My Fowlr since he might be the only thing that could survive with Triggers and a Dog Faced Puffer.

 

[reef_dart21]

Originally Posted by ironeagle2006
http:///forum/post/2800571
Heck I am thinking about a Mantis for My Fowlr since he might be the only thing that could survive with Triggers and a Dog Faced Puffer.
he will kill your puffer AND depending on its size of the trigger and the mantis it will kill the triggeror vice versa
Mantis are solitary creatures u CAN NOT house them with other creatures

 

[mr.clownfish]

my cousin had mantis trouble then when he found it, he squished it with his foot. it killed half his fish. they look nice but u cant keep anything with them.