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Got the Lil Bugger (mantis shrimp) |
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11-14-2006, 07:42 PM
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Citizen
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Melbourne Australia
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Got the Lil Bugger (mantis shrimp)
Found this bugger in my fish tank today must have coem in with the new live rock. We just removed the rock squirted some fresh water down the hole and grabbed him with a pair of kitchen tongs.
Last edited by dobz55; 11-26-2006 at 06:21 PM. |
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11-14-2006, 08:16 PM
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Owner
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Bardstown, KY
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How did you determine you had it?
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11-14-2006, 08:41 PM
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Citizen
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Melbourne Australia
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my son saw it come out from the rock to grab a small banded shrimp (he is facinated by the tank) and has been watching it for an hour or 2 each day and it doesnt have any fish yet even
 he proceeded to ask me what the big cochroach looking thing was..after showing him a few pics of the mantis shrimp on the net he confirmed my suspicions |
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11-15-2006, 03:54 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Swartz Creek, MI
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Good catch! Did you give him a ride down the porcelin bowl?
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11-15-2006, 06:26 AM
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Citizen
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Melbourne Australia
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No my son wants to keep it..he has it a bowl just sitting on the shelf next to the tank...LOL......
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11-15-2006, 07:58 AM
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Mayor
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Chicago Suburbs
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It's too bad you're in Australia... I've been trying to get one of them for the longest time for my 10-gallon acrylic! Have fun with 'em!
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Carl Just tell your wife that having a tank teaches you all sorts of new DIY skills...which will save lots of money around the house...so you can buy more stuff for your tank...so you can learn more skills... 
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11-15-2006, 07:58 AM
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Moderator - LEE
Join Date: May 2006
Location: So CA
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An excellent food for triggers!
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11-21-2006, 09:21 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: wi
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just so ya know, those guys have been known to crack glass. Don't reach your hand in there! LOL. they are very intelligent, some say they have ritual fightings, don't you dare flush him! Give or sell him to someone who can care for him if you decide he's not for you. PS, if you keep him, perhaps a small acrylic tank would be a good idea.
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