madehtsobi0109
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man thats awesome UK!! how big is she??
The Official R2R Mantis Shrimp Thread!
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ritter6788
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Shall get one posted
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Awesome!
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madehtsobi0109
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yeh i did already!.... just playing the waiting game..lol
where is marshall tx?? near dallas?
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ritter6788
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About 2-2.5 hours east of Dallas. 3-4 hours north of Houston on Hwy. 59. Close to the Louisiana border.
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ritter6788
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the majano are there purposely btw. I like em.
I did the same thing in my mantis tank. All the stuff no one wants in a reef went into my mantis tank. Yours looks great and I like the majanos too.
madehtsobi0109
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ahh ok! what mantis do u keep now?
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ritter6788
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I'm mantis-less for the first time in about 3 years. My N. wennerae that I had for 3 years died recently.
madehtsobi0109
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ohh man that sucks..
from your experience any special care needed with these shrimps?
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Some species require specialized tanks and setups. Common smashers like N. wennerae are fairly hardy and do well in reef tank settings. There are some like O. scyllarus and G. chiragra that are prone to shell rot and need to stay out of bright reef lighting. Always best to decide which mantis you would like to keep and create a specific set up for it.
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We have ours under reef lighting but they are only on for a few hrs to give some light to the corals. Its off all day until we arrive home from work around 5pm then on until around 8pm (whites and blues) we then leave the blues on another hr then off again. Corals have adjusted to this pattern and we get to at least feed our Peacock under lights to view her. Her burrow is well under the rockwork and she seems to be doing fine.
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madehtsobi0109
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anyway to prevent the shell rot? dose iodine?
talked to a local fish store and they can get me a peacock by next week!! so excited
talked to a local fish store and they can get me a peacock by next week!! so excited
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Skip the iodine. I can easily be overdosed and isn't known to prevent shell rot or provide any other benefit really.
Good luck with the future arrival!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m87pe8qn5dw&feature=youtube_gdata_player
here is my girl going after Mysis
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here is my girl going after Mysis
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madehtsobi0109
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yeh been reading and pretty much nothing can prevent it....just keep up with good water quality and good diet
madehtsobi0109
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haha nice!! such nice colors on her
M@!
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Beautiful Girl you have there. Love the Mysis attacks.
My female peacock died last week. :cry: She was at a LFS for 2 years under MH with pretty bad shell rot. I just wanted to give her a nice dark retirement home and was happy she lived as long as she did.
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Very nice. Looks healthy and active. Makes me want another.
madehtsobi0109
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sorry to hear M@!. why was she at the LFS?
do it gabriel!
one more week til i get mine!
do it gabriel!
one more week til i get mine!
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They had ordered it for somebody that didn't pick it up. It was always priced at $100 and I think that probably kept it there for so long. I happened to stop in just after I had an creatureless tank and picked her up for $60.
