Mantis Shrimp..

[Reef69]

well, today i recieved a call from Sarah from Fin-Addicts,they had a mantis shrimp, so i had to buy it..I really dont know what kind it is..its all green..about an inch long..according to Felipe, it is a peacock..juvenile..well, thats what they told him..its all green, very active guy, i had to take all my gobies and my pistol shrimp out of the eclipse 6 so i could put him in there, i left the bumblebee snails there, i guess they are going to become luch....anyways, i found out this somewhere online..looks pretty cool.. http://www.nightsea.com/mantis.htm#animal

..enjoy

[MikeDeL]

Thats pretty cool.

[Sherri]

Whoa....glad you found one. A pic when you can??

[Reef69]

Ill take a couple of them Sherri, hes kinda shy right now, although he was walking around a bit earlier..Ill try to take a few this weekend..

[Reef69]

wondering if there can be a clean up crew in the tank with him...

[don-n-sa]

here is a link to a great site about mantis shrimps and other aggressive creatures from the sea!

http://www.grimreefers.com/

[Reef69]

Thnks Don, i checked it out earlier...have you seen the mantis vs crawfish video??..that mantis is huge!

[Tim Marvin]

Cool video, it looks like it is glowing in the dark!!!

[Reef69]

yeah, they found that mantis about 2 years ago..some new species that glows...its a pretty interesting article..

[Reef69]

oh, and hey Don, do you dose your mantis tank with anything?..I did some research during the time I was waiting for My mantis..but didnt really find anything..

[don-n-sa]

I dose my main tank with b-ionic, which ends up in my mantis tank through water changes. Works great for me! both tanks are very stable.

[Reef69]

thnks,..yeah, I also dose My 90 with b-ionic..my 25 has 2 true percs, 2 clown gobies..and a mandarin...I dont use b-ionic there..Im guesing i should add some to the 6 gal. where the mantis is..

[Spyd3rman]

Isn't the mantis shrimp commonly referred to the "Thumbsplitter"? :shock: