Originally Posted by
FISHY7
http:///forum/post/2480998
Hey T. Sorry to hear of your tapping noise. I went through this same situation and it end up killing fish and pretty much my clean up crew.
I have a 215 with 280lbs of LR. I tried all the tricks and was not successful. The harder I tried the more he killed.
Save yourself the headache and pull the rocks and get him out.
I did it this way and was successful.....
Determine mantis or pistol
Locate his hangout area
mix up 50 gal of SW
pull all the top rocks and place them in the water from your tank
Have a friend watch your rock you think he is in
quickly place a net under the rock so he does not get away. Becareful to not desturb SB.
Restack all the rocks and you are good to go.
I am told he can crack the smaller tanks but not the ones with very thick glass like yours.
Keep us posted and goooood luck
Even if I did decide to start moving rocks, I have not located his spot yet...for that matter, I have not even verified who/what it is.
Yeah, I don't know if I buy into the whole "glass break" thing either. My glass is 3/4 in. thick. It would have to take one heck of a blow.