Ways To Tell If You Have Mantis Shrimp?

[heavenly_d3vi1]

well, I didn't get round to setting a trap.. the pub called me, then I forgot tbh lol. But I have found something thats not a mantis!
Turned the lights on this morning, and was greated by some large 'shrimp like' antennae and legs sticking out of a hole in a rock! It doesn't look to have much life in it, but just inside the whole are those pincers I spotted a few days ago!

 

[lewiss]

Poke it and see if it's alive. My guess is whatever it is molted, and that's it's skin!

 

[woody88]

Poke it and see if it's alive. My guess is whatever it is molted, and that's it's skin!

+1

Yeah! poke it and see what happens!.............You'll soon know if it is alive!.........Especially if it is a mantis!

Only joking! Dont put your finger in there if it is a mantis. If you still want your finger in tact! lol

 

[heavenly_d3vi1]

haha, I poked it with a spare spraybar.. it wasn't alive! lol The pincer wasn't attached to it tho, so what that belongs to is still a mystery!

 

[sorgan]

that is a shrimp molt, looks like a pepper or cleaner molt.

 

[lewiss]

Any update on this??

 

[heavenly_d3vi1]

Ooh im useless!, No, not as yet! I did remember to set a trap one night.. I only used a shotglass tho as the rock *it* lives in is only small, so a large glass would towered above it. I figured taht something so small (guessing size based on pincer size!) would't be able to get back up a small glass even.. but, I was wrong lol. The bait was gone in the morning, and the glass empty!
I've not got round to another trap yet!

 

[lewiss]

I'm really intrigued!! I'm sure it's not a mantis bit kinda wanna be proved wrong and see a cool mantis caught!!

 

[heavenly_d3vi1]

Delayed, I know! lol.. I lost track of where he was after moving some rocks around! Caught sight of him last night tho, so I know where he is again!! I didn't get a very good look.. all I saw was some legs just poking out of a crevis, and a black pincer on the end of an inch or so long 'arm', was very strange!

Anyway, I set a trap with a prawn in a glass.. but no luck

 

[fishy55599]

wow, suprised you aint caught him yet, he must be a sneaky one

 

[bae1994]

Ive also been hearing this and found a hermit shell with a hole smashed in it

 

[Chris_C]

Seen one of these in action and they are fantastic can sell on when you have used it to make most of you money back


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[electropunk06]

My link

Have a look at around the 2:10 mark, quite impresive

 

[HappyGeorge]

I have heard a clicking from my tank but until this post I wasn't really concerned. Now I am considering whether I should start worrying. I do have a few crabs in there but they don't seem to do any damage so I let them be.