I bought a mantis trap about 2 weeks ago.
http://www.thatpetplace.com/pet/prod...tm_term=217586
Im trying to remove this hitchiked peacock. He's about 2 inches long in my 14g reef. Ive been using fresh raw shrimp as bait. I stick it all the way in the back. After a few days i will see the mantis eating the shrimp in his burrow. He's going in and NOT setting off the trap. Ive set the sensitivity as far as it can go.
Anyone have any pointers on how succeffuly catch this thing? Maybe some other methods (other than taking everything out of my tank).
I had another idea. I was thinking about siphoning him out perhaps.
- Take a 1" tube.
- Begin the siphon into a a bucket.
- Stop the flow by plugging up the hose on the end thats in the bucket.
- Jam a piece of shrimp into tube end that's in the tank. (with another set of hands)
- Tease him with that end with the food jammed inside tube so he comes out of his burrow trying to feed.
- Once he goes for the shrimp, and gets close to the tube, i would then RELEASE the plugged up end and SUCK him out into the bucket.
You think that would work?
Getting him out in the open with a net and bailt doesn't seem possible. He never comes out further than 2 inches of his burrow.