View Full Version : Small smasher mantis shrimp - Corpus Christi
FossilReef
Tue, 22nd Sep 2009, 11:14 AM
Looking for a small smasher to eliminate an overabundance of peppermint shrimp in my tank. I'm not willing to tear it apart just to catch them all, so I just want something to eliminate them.
Thanks,
Jason
Gseclipse02
Tue, 22nd Sep 2009, 12:34 PM
buy a bird wrasse he will eh them all trust me lol
Kristy
Tue, 22nd Sep 2009, 06:51 PM
Wow... hard to imagine having this problem. Wouldn't you rather have a flame hawk (see the one perched on my hand in my avatar above) than a "thumb-smashing" mantis in your reef?
JimD
Tue, 22nd Sep 2009, 07:08 PM
Totally agree with Kristy, once you introduce a mantis, you'll play he!! getting it out..
FossilReef
Wed, 23rd Sep 2009, 01:02 AM
When you just watched a squad of pepps start ripping into your oldest coral it becomes a problem. And yes, they are definitely pepps, not camels. I want a mantis because I already have a tank that was previously set up for one once this is taken care of.
greatwhite@AlamoAquatics
Tue, 6th Oct 2009, 09:40 PM
just sold an awesome peacock mantis , im getting another one next week if you want one still lmk thanks . i can probably ship it.
justahobby
Tue, 6th Oct 2009, 11:13 PM
what coral did they destroy? I just lost my acans to the little terrors. I only had 5 and have been able to get 4 out in the 2 days with a net and some food.
FossilReef
Thu, 8th Oct 2009, 01:39 PM
what coral did they destroy? I just lost my acans to the little terrors. I only had 5 and have been able to get 4 out in the 2 days with a net and some food.
Two colonies of acans, a Cycloseris, and they started in on my Trachyphyllias. I think that they're behind my mass blasto wipeout, too.
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