razorskiss
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Live ocean rock from TBS .... Mantis shrimp?
Mantis shrimp?
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razorskiss
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Fun. This is a 4.8 gallon pico tank. Guess I need to try to re-home or build a bigger tank
razorskiss
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Won't it outgrow a tank that small?
Most likely, but it depends on the species. The common mantis shrimp in the hobby get too large, but (at least according to Roy's List of Stomatopods) there are a handful of different mantis shrimp species that could be kept pretty comfortably in a tiny tank like that.
Unfortunately, I'm not familiar enough with the Mantis Shrimp found here in the US to know what species you've got (so I'm not likely to be much help with an ID in this case), but if you ask around in the Mantis Shrimp forum here on R2R, I'm sure someone could help you figure out what species you have and an appropriate tank size for it (most likely it'll need somewhere around 10-20 gallons).
razorskiss
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Hm, I might keep it as a species pico tank until it gets big enough and move it to a 20ish gal tank then. I'll see if TBS knows what species live in the area they harvest rock from.
WhatCouldGoWrong71
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razorskiss
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To report back, TBS thinks it's likely N. wennerae, and after drawing it out of its hole with a little food that sounds likely. Plan is to set up a 10 gallon lagoon style tank for it with some bonsai's mangroves. Ordered a slew of parts for it over the weekend
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They are cool. We had a hitchhiker and once they become familiar with you they will come out and take food from you.
Never had any issues with them killing snails, crabs or fish
Never had any issues with them killing snails, crabs or fish
razorskiss
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I've been feeding this one with a pipette, he'll come out and punch the tip a couple of times before grabbing the bit of food from it. A peaceful mantis would be nice, my plan was to start the new tank with a few hermits and snails and keep a careful eye on the population to see how bloodthirsty this guy is.
TripFamAZ
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A peaceful mantis….. lolol
That would truly be a first but there is lots of success stories with them living with some specific friends that can hang. Tends to work best in large enclosures. I heard the wenerrae love clam.
razorskiss
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At the moment he's pretty small and hasn't bothered the hermit and a handful of snails in the pico tank, especially since I keep him well fed. Once the new tank is up he'll have a lot more space too
cliam
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Nice definitely need to upgrade the tankLive ocean rock from TBS .... Mantis shrimp?
razorskiss
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Just got in the new tank and placed it. Just waiting on substrate and light now. It's a 10 gallon shallow and I'll send it with live sand and several chunks of live rock from the pico. Only problem is that the wennerae left its original tiny hole and runs around in the open and in caves between rocks. Catching it is going to be an adventure...
cliam
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They are very quick. When I was scuba diving, I came across one.
razorskiss
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I've seen peacocks in Indonesia and they're beautiful. Haven't been diving in the gulf / Caribbean yet but this little sucker is fast as lightning. Also likes to move backwards a lot in a pace that's kind of eerie...
razorskiss
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If anyone's interested, I've started a build thread for this bugger over here:
Thread 'Mantis and mangrove lagoon' https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/mantis-and-mangrove-lagoon.991485/
Thread 'Mantis and mangrove lagoon' https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/mantis-and-mangrove-lagoon.991485/
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Man....some people have all the luck. Was wishing I would end up with a cool creature like this when I bought my TBS rocks. These dudes are awesome and rule the world around them.
