RE: Mantis shrimp

[Marco Arturo Delsordo Jim�nez]

Title: RE: Mantis shrimp

Chris, I know how you feel, it�s horrible to know that something in the tank is killing all your beloved specimens, and that it�s really little you can do about it, because probably moving 100 lbs of lr isn�t even an option to find and kill those rascals.

Good luck, maybe adding a wrasse would help since they like to look in the rocks for shrimps and crabs and that stuff.

Marco

-----Original Message-----
From: Sisemore, Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Lunes, 29 de Octubre de 2001 12:28 p.m.
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: Mantis shrimp

I had a similar experience this weekend, but with a crab. A really nice looking crab came in on my rock, it was kind of peach colored with purple highlights & a spiny appearance. Friday it was eating my Cucumber & I thought maybe it died & the crab found it. Then Saturday my red Bali star ventured down off the glass onto the rock in the area where the crab was & the next time I saw looked there were only five partially eaten legs left. At this point I knew it had to go but it was hiding so I kept an eye out & he showed up on top tearing up & eating a colony of red feather duster worms. Luckily I was able to putt it into a net with a kebab skewer & get it out of there. What's worse is my new Anthelia polyps are missing & I think there may be more crabs. Such is the life of a reefer....

Chris