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07-11-2007, 07:26 PM
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 good shrimp hitchhicker?? are there any 'good' shrimp hitchhickers or only mantis shrimp and how can I tell the difference?? I just saw a 1 inch shrimp in my cycling tank. Should I get it out now or wait and see if I can figure out if it is in fact a mantis??  |
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07-11-2007, 07:28 PM
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| Re: good shrimp hitchhicker?? We need pics to determine
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07-11-2007, 07:30 PM
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| Re: good shrimp hitchhicker?? i tried but it didn't come out for crap! it was in the tube spray bar... |
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07-11-2007, 07:31 PM
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| Re: good shrimp hitchhicker?? Try and find a picture of it online and we'll help you decide
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07-11-2007, 07:39 PM
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| Re: good shrimp hitchhicker?? pics uploading to photobucket now.... |
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07-11-2007, 07:43 PM
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07-11-2007, 07:45 PM
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| Re: good shrimp hitchhicker?? Wow...umm that's hard to determine lol
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07-11-2007, 07:48 PM
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| Re: good shrimp hitchhicker?? I know, I've got that spray bar out of the tank with the shrimp still in it and I'm looking at all the mantis pics I can find. I'll try a couple more pics, too |
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07-11-2007, 08:02 PM
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| Re: good shrimp hitchhicker?? that is definetly a mantis shrimp. |
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07-11-2007, 08:08 PM
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| Re: good shrimp hitchhicker?? that's what I'm thinking too. These next five pictures (uploading now) might confirm. I also thought I heard a "pop" but I don't know if it was my imagination or not. If this IS a mantis, this $5 spraybar has already paid for itself about 50 times over!!! |
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07-11-2007, 08:10 PM
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07-11-2007, 08:12 PM
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07-11-2007, 08:14 PM
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07-11-2007, 08:15 PM
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| Re: good shrimp hitchhicker?? anyone want a mantis shrimp about 1" long?? For sale!! Price = free plus shipping! |
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07-11-2007, 08:17 PM
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| Re: good shrimp hitchhicker?? Quote:
Did you get it out ? Defiently a mantis man !!! Set up a lil mini bow for it, like a 2.5 gal tank, haha your special lil pet  |
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07-11-2007, 08:21 PM
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| Re: good shrimp hitchhicker?? my kids would end up sticking their hands in the tank and only being able to count to 9 for the rest of their lives!! |
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07-11-2007, 08:22 PM
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| Re: good shrimp hitchhicker?? lol if ur kids are going to be sticking their hands in ur new tank well i would say put it in an unreachable place( where they cant reach but you can) |
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07-11-2007, 08:26 PM
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| Re: good shrimp hitchhicker?? how do you dispose of something like this?? And does finding one mean a stronger possibility of finding more?? |
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07-11-2007, 08:30 PM
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| Re: good shrimp hitchhicker?? I was actually going to run to the LFS tonight but was going to blow it off since I spent so much time mantis hunting! I'll run up there and get a water test and throw the mantis in the test water container! I'll be back in a couple hours! Maybe they'll give me a little bit of credit for unintentionally trying to sabotage my tank!! |
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07-11-2007, 08:51 PM
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| Re: good shrimp hitchhicker?? Well that's just people posting their opinion, read read and read some more online.
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07-11-2007, 08:53 PM
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| Re: good shrimp hitchhicker?? i am reading like crazy my parents think this is my life lol |
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07-11-2007, 08:55 PM
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| Re: good shrimp hitchhicker?? I'm not dissing you or anything, it's just when people get advice they like to hear it backed up with cold hard facts
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07-11-2007, 08:57 PM
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| Re: good shrimp hitchhicker?? i know i dubble check all of the info given to me. |
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07-11-2007, 11:09 PM
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| Re: good shrimp hitchhicker?? They appologized over and over and over. They tested the water and it came back good 0/0/<20, Ph=8.3. I was planning on waiting another week and then retesting and adding a cleanup crew, but to make up for giving me a mantis, they gave me a small CuC of 2 margarita snails, 2 astrea snails and 2 red reef hermits. Like I said, I was going to go ahead and wait another week before adding them, but since they were pushing them on me, I went ahead and brought them home. Anyone foresee any problems with going ahead and acclimating them and adding them? I'd really like to get them in and try to head off some of this diatom and hair algae before it takes over any more than it already has. |
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07-11-2007, 11:54 PM
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