Quote Originally Posted by poison View Post
Haha, thanks for the late warning, Lynn . One of them escaped the first day while the original owner was showing me them. Than again the other day while I was putting fruit flies in. I get so scared that I'm gonna squash the little things when I try to catch them.
Yikes! I get scared too

I count heads! I have a female that rides the door of the exo!
You will have more tricks up your sleeve then them
Just develop good habits of knowing where they are before you open.
Be sure there are no small openings anywhere; they WILL find them.

Warning! Never work on, do a big cleaning, or planting in the tank when they are in it.
Set up a temp container, use a turkey baster to move them before your work.
Just put some - flat- wet paper towel on the bottom of the temp set up.

I cleaned ( weeded / pruned) and did some planting in 2 tanks this AM --- for the imitators and the auratus.
I used to think it would stress them out to move them.

But it stresses me out more NOT to
So....... out they went .......... back in when I was done ----- safe and sound !!