Anyone else keeping mantis shrimp?

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Just got a beautiful peacock mantis. I have him alone in a 6 gallon eclipse acrylic tank. Extremely cool to watch, and very agressive :) Anyone else keeping them? Those zebra ones are wicked cool also.
 
They are pretty darn cool, however they will need a much bigger footprint than a 6 gallon. Peacock's get big!
 
I used to have a Neogonadactylus Wennarae, but it died during a failed molt. It was blood red in color and had a wonderfully passive personality.

I replaced him recently with a bright green Gonadactylus Smithii. More aggresive, but an absolutely gorgeous mantis. I would love to keep a peacock as well, but maybe that's a future critter!
 
I found one in some gulf rock I got a couple yrs back and had him for a good while but gave him away to a better home.
 
Just got a beautiful peacock mantis. I have him alone in a 6 gallon eclipse acrylic tank. Extremely cool to watch, and very agressive :) Anyone else keeping them? Those zebra ones are wicked cool also.

Its funny you mentioned wicked and and a zebra, mine is like over 10" maybe closer to 12", also I have a hawiian lime, peacock, winterese, and another unidentified. Had to post a pic or two on this thread.
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Don't have one yet. I have a 6 gallon pico that would be perfect for a smaller mantis.
 
i have 2 green one that came with the ricordea shipment a few month ago. i think one die but i can still see the other one swimming around sometime. they are indeed very cool to watch.
 
i've been looking to get one setup...but it's really hard to fine them anywhere local
 
Old thread, but I wanna bump it with some pics. Used to have an O. havanensis until a tank move killed it.

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Before that one, I was sent a wrong species which was G. chiragra which I didn't keep long as it's a reclusive species.

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Now I have an O. scyllarus. I have pics, but I can't get them to show up for some reason.
 
Here's my N. wennerae. I had a G. chiragra (gave away) and two peacocks but they both died during bad molts.

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I have a large peacock mantis that lives in my 30g fuge have had him for a little over a year. He is nasty i hate harvesting my macro he always tries to get me.
 

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