Stupid Mantis Shrimp!!!!!

[rtspeed]

Originally Posted by Veni Vidi Vici
http:///forum/post/2545434
dangle a piece of meat on some forcepts and see if you can coax him out into the open.Then maybe drop meat into a bottle trap,see if he will follow.

Thats how i caught mine but ue a net instead.

 

[shinobi9119]

Originally Posted by 1journeyman
http:///forum/post/2545138
Hehe, you are assuming you will catch him.... Tell me, what color is the sky in the world you live in?

Seriously, good luck.... mine was waaay to smart to fall for a trap.
hahahah

, yes good luck catchin it

 

[veni vidi vici]

Glue a snail shell to your knuckle on your thumb ,then draw a smiley face with tounge sticking out on your thumb nail.Insert hand in front of cave and say Nah Nah Nah Nah Boo Boo! When he comes out .......GRAB HIM! WhaaaaLaaaa!

 

[dse]

personally i would squish it..
yes that right i hate mantis.
fish killers tank breakers and they make you pay more $$$ or £££ then you need to.
they known to cut people and my son likes to break into my tank and dip his little fingers...
hence if i see one the only poping noise is his head.
that being said if i could catch it with in 10 mins i would sell it.
but after ten limit its head poping time ill squeeze it like a zit.
this is my opinion of mantis.
same go for that pain inthe ass catterpiller too.

 

[nina&noah]

So apparently my trap was good for feeding the mantis, not so good at trapping him. The bait was gone, but the door didn't shut. I'll try again tonight.

I watched him again yesterday. He comes out when the lights are on, which I know is wierd for a mantis. He had his eyes on my brand new neon goby. I felt like I was watching a horror movie. I was banging on the glass trying to get my goby to swim away. Luckily, he did. I want this thing OUT!!!!!

 

[nina&noah]

Ok, you all were right. You may continue laughing at me, because all I am doing with that trap is feeding the stupid thing!

He has bought himself about 2 weeks, because I am going out of town. My maintenance guy is going to try to rig a better trap for me, and I will use it when I get back from my trip.
Meanwhile, my neon goby has completely disapeared.