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11/23/2003, 06:28 PM
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Help to locate and Remove.
Hi All, I wanted to know how to get a mantis out as quckly as possible without doing to much harm to the rocks and the living creatures in it. I thought i found the only mantis in my first shipment of tampabaysaltwater live rock. It turns out that there are more than one. The first one i have isolated in a ten gallon. He is still in the rock and refuses to come out. After i setup the aquascape i started to hear the clicking again from inside the display tank. The rocks has a lot of corals sponges and inverts on it and i was wondering if there is a way to get this mantis out without harming or doing to much damage. There are only about 6 rocks that he could be in and i can take them out one at a time with no problem. Peopl have suggested dipping the rock in freshwater or VERY salty water but i need to know the after effect of this to the rock. Thank all
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11/23/2003, 06:33 PM
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A fast FW dip would get the mantis to fly outta there pretty quickly, as the change in salinity would make him bonkers. A minute or 2 w/ each rock in there would likely do little harm to everything else, but don't quote me on it.
Other alternative is to find out the rock he's in, take it out, and bust it up until you locate him. I prefer the non-busting method  , and you can keep the little bugger if you really want to...
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