i think i have a mantis, maybe???

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donk18

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okay so i got some live rock from a local reefer out of his display tank. this is about 3 wks ago. i have everything set up in a 18 gallon rubber maid because of the big tank disaster. and i start hearing clicking. i thought maybe my hermits making noise so i blow it off. i get my display set back up. but two nights ago i am doing my nightly scan of the tank with a flash light because the rock this guy gave me had just tons of stuff and i look in a hole and there is somthing in there but i don't know what. it looks like a shirmp head or something realy wierd looking. but everytime i shine my light on it, it goes all the way back in its hole. i go to bed and think nothing of it. didn't see it yesterday then tonight it is poking its head out again. so i get my poker stick and put a piece of krill on it and stick it out side its hole. it grabs a piece and goes back in its hole. this thing hates the light i shine on it. so i can never get a good look at it. i did see what looked to be a greenish claw though with maybe a white tip. so after a while i put the tip of the stick in the hole and i hear click click click click. well that wasn't my hermits making the noise now. is this a mantis?? if not what else will click like that? and help would be great. i will get a pick soon if i can.
 

marinemad

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sounds like a mantis to me you just gotta decide if you gonna keep him! they can be quite evil!
 

apelaston

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braver than me. i would probably have removed the rock with my long thick rubber gloves, but it in a bucket w water and returned it lol

i had a gorilla crab in one of my rocks unknowingly and had noticed that something had OBVIOUSly died in one of the small holes so i took a syringe and shot water and here came this huge gorilla crab flying out. it looks like he got stuck in the hole somehow and died....
 

donk18

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like i said i can't really see it at all. it looked like a long arm reached out and was grabbing pieces off of the krill. i will look again tonight and try not to **** it off by poking in its hole. maybe even get a pic. if i can.
 

apelaston

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i personally would p** * it off in hopes that it would come out. I don't mean put it in harm by jabbing it in the eye or anything, but i would provoke it enough to come out for sure.
 

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Doesn't look like a mantis to me...they have a mantis at my LFS and he punches random things that you put in his little cubicle.
 

apelaston

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looks a lot like a pistol shrimp to me...could you coax him any further out to chase that food?

ok i am sure if you could you would have..never mind lol
 
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