Mantis?

[The_Gryphon]

The night before I heard a ticking in my house and it stopped before I could pinpoint it. Lastnight I heard it again, but it was coming my nano. If it is a mantis, when is the best time to spot it and how can you catch it? Doesn't really bother me having one if I do, but I'll think twice before rearranging anything lol.

[jwelch87]

Try AW, they have traps for them. What's been up?

[The_Gryphon]

not too much. same o same o. How's your tank coming along?

[obarrera]

I also hear a clicking noise every night, I thought maybe it was a pistol shrimp since nothing in my tank has been killed(except for my clown that jump the other day:( ) but I never see any sand storms or anything, if it was a pistol shrimp im sure my water would be atleast a little cloudy?

[BrookR1]

I heard there's a difference in sounds between a pistol and a mantis. The pistol has loud distinct pops, and the mantis has sort of a jackhammer sound. I have a hitchhiker pistol in my tank and have not noticed any sandstorms either. But he pops loudly every night. I've had it for over a year now, and still haven't seen it.

One more thing, you're more likely to have a mantis if your LR came from Florida/Caribbean. If it's Fiji, then most likely it's a pistol.

[Dakota]

Originally posted by obarrera
I also hear a clicking noise every night, I thought maybe it was a pistol shrimp since nothing in my tank has been killed(except for my clown that jump the other day:( ) but I never see any sand storms or anything, if it was a pistol shrimp im sure my water would be atleast a little cloudy?

yeah. My pistol goes on digging sprees and I wake up to see the tank clouded up. It may also be a bi-valve of some kind. I'e heard some of mine snap.

My LR came form Fiji, and I had a small mantis with it :(

[phishphood]

not sure if helps w/ the mantis part, but I have a pistol in a 5g tank, he digs like crazy but my water is never cloudy. Guess that might be different if you have really fine grain sand.

[The_Gryphon]

I haven't seen any of the sandstorms, but I do notice my sand gets dug out or tossed around each morning. Different mounds and such. Doubt my snails or hermits are doing that. The other day I couldn't see it cause the cover of my shrooms but it seemed like something was burrowing into the liverock and parts of liverock were shooting out from under the shrooms.

[jwelch87]

My tank is doing great. I have added some xenia, gsp, and a couple of other corals. I also have a purple tank, flamehawk, a true perc w/lta. It''s still a work in progress. I hope that in the next decade I can finish it.