mantis shrimp!

ok so i dound out what rock hes hiding in, is there a way i can take the rock out and set it over a bucket full of water and wait for him to fall/climb out? and be able to set the rock back in my tank and not have another cycle or anything?

 

bump?

 

take the rock out and shake it around in a bucket full of ro/di and he will fall out and into the bucket.. be ready to grab him out of the water fast and into another saltwater tank..

 

I heard that if you put the rock in freshwater, it should try and flee out of the rock because of the shock of the salinity change. It depends if you're comfortable using this method, I don't know what would ultimately happen to the mantis, and if you're up for getting rock out of the tank. It also won't be great for other things living on the rock.

Edit: Apologies Bama, same post time!

 

theres just little green plant like htings on it but would the rock change my paramaters once i put it back in the tank?

 

That I'm unsure on - how large/established is the rock? I don't know how much die off you'd get from using that method, perhaps someone with a bit more knowledge could help you out.

 

ok im ganna put the rock in the ro water and try that first.
the tank is about 9 months old

 

Since you know what rock it is in, I assume you know what hole it is in? I wouldn't dunk the whole rock. What I did was pull the rock and I held it over a bucket with some saltwater in it and I poured just a little club soda only in his hole. He jumped out and into the bucket in like 2 seconds. I put the rock back in and had no problems because it was only in the air for maybe 20 seconds total. I have the mantis in my sump waiting for his buddy that I can't find, then they will both go to the LFS where I am hoping to trade for something I want.

 

I am in the same boat, I have a couple of tanks setup and jsut need to be able to find maybe on or two more little guys needing the tlc.... If you ever catch him and noone else wants let me know and well work something out as well lol... and if you would ship pkarakis I will take your little buddy from you

 

im ganna keep him lol i have a mantis shrimp already and my friend wants him right down the street so ill give it to him for his birthday (next month)