is this a mantis or bad shrimp

hmmm...u know they kinda look like harliquin shirmps...but i dout it...

 

It's not impossible for mantis to take down fish, don't think I ever said that? However, if they are kept well fed, they tend to not cause this problem. That being said, pretty much everything in the ocean is an opportunistic feeder so I'm not surprised that it does happen. Having kept one as a "pet", I'm a bit biased towards the beasts and would hate to see them hunted down and killed when there are so many folks who would be interested in paying good money for them. I have to say that sometimes killing them is the only option because of the fact that they are so intelligent but if it can be avoided, more power to ya

 

Perhaps it was a 'spearer' that got your fish and not a 'smasher'?

I would try to trap them. If they are small, you may get lucky. Then you could keep them in a smaller tank and decide what to do with them. Maybe you will fall in love with them and keep a species tank for them...;D

The Christmas tree worms...my understanding is that if the coral dies on the rock, they will die soon after. They live partially on the shedded films or mucouse from the corals.

Amcarrig, they also eat phyto? Cool....I am so learning everyday? Have you heard the same for these worms...with the corals?

They are so pretty....I hope they do well for ya!

 

I had the same thought but the poster also indicated that he lost shrimp, crabs and snails

I believe that most worms with the type of feeding apparatus that you see on X-mas tree worms need phyto to survive. Haven't heard about the mucous (yuk) thing but it seems to be a myth?

http://www.reefs.org/library/article/r_toonen21.html

 

i found out what this is its a coral hurmit crab, paguritta sp. it took this long for me to find this out. i have 2 of them.

 

They are pretty cool looking. They live commensaly with porites.

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/july2002/gallery.htm

 

yeah defintly not a mantis and they are very common in christmas tree rock a firend of mine has one with 4 and another one with 2 if it was a mantis u would be hearing clicking from them smahing away and burrowing in the rock these guys are completly safe my friend has had hers for months

 

;D ;D Hey, cool! I have one of those in one of my faviites ;D All I ever see of it is the feathery appendage scooping through the water! I had no idea it was a crab! Thanks!!!

 

that is cool