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Old 11/07/2007, 10:46 AM
dismalorb dismalorb is offline
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Originally posted by Dunkpv
what's a "manual one" mean?

i thought it looked like a peacock when i saw it. he doesnt hang out in a rock but more so under my liverock burrowed in the sand. The second i take 1 rock out he vanishes somewhere i get him.
The manual traps have some sort of string or fishing line attached to a door on the end of the trap. They're considered "manual" because you have to sit there with the baited trap (and door lifted up) and wait for the creature to enter the trap, and then release the string to drop the door quickly and catch it.

They're very tedious, but work sometimes for fish (maybe a mantis as well if it doesn't shatter the trap with a good whack).
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