The Official R2R Mantis Shrimp Thread!

ritter6788 · Mar 11, 2013

There are lots of people that keep mantis shrimp in a fuge. Just make sure the mantis has enough space for a good home. You don't want to put an O. Scyllarus in a 10 gallon fuge but an N. wennerae would do great in that size.

Reef Fever · Mar 11, 2013

Any idea what that guy is? That's the only pic the guy posted. All he wants for it is a Kenya tree frag

ritter6788 · Mar 11, 2013

Pic isn't showing for me.

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Reef Fever · Mar 11, 2013

This work?

ritter6788 · Mar 11, 2013

Probably N. wennerae.

Did it come from Florida live rock?

Will most likely turn green under reef tank lighting and conditions.

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Reef Fever · Mar 11, 2013

Probably Florida. Was In a ricordea mushroom rock

ritter6788 · Mar 11, 2013

Reef Fever said:
Probably Florida. Was In a ricordea mushroom rock

Most likely N. wennerae then. The meral spots will be white.

Reef Fever · Mar 11, 2013

If in fact it is N. wennerae, is it a smasher or spearer, cryptic or not?

ritter6788 · Mar 11, 2013

Smasher, http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/crustacea/malacostraca/eumalacostraca/royslist/species.php?name=n_wennerae

A great choice to keep in aquariums. I'd be all over it if I could get my hands on it and all they wanted was a Kenya Tree.

Reef Fever · Mar 11, 2013

Cool, well im gonna pick it up Wednesday. Wish I could keep it in my main display but I dont wanna loose any of my fish. I have quite a few scorps that like to hang on the sand bed

ritter6788 · Mar 11, 2013

Good luck and keep up updated!

madehtsobi0109 · Mar 11, 2013

madehtsobi0109 said:
Got a question!

Do smaller peacock mantis not exhibit the colors as in larger ones?

Saw this at the LFS today

Is this a peacock?

was looking though roys list and looks most likely a

[h=2]Gonodactylus platysoma[/h]

Reef Fever · Mar 11, 2013

ritter6788 said:
Good luck and keep up updated!

will do thanks for the help!

Reef Fever · Mar 13, 2013

here it is! only about 3/4" long

ritter6788 · Mar 13, 2013

Awesome! Enjoy the red. It will probably be green the next time you see it.

A-SpecUA6 · Mar 14, 2013

Will this eat my 4 inch Diamond Goby?

FragBuddy · Mar 16, 2013

A-SpecUA6 said:
Will this eat my 4 inch Diamond Goby?

Will kill it 10 times before it dissects it.

CaliforniaCrisp · Mar 19, 2013

Can you guys post some pics of the setups? I have a mantis that a buddy was going to flush so I set it up in a 14g biocube. The lighting is low, has that black beauty sand (after reading I should probably change that out) and a few large rocks. I don't ever see him out and about. Just sits curled in a ball in a cave. Had him for 3 months now. Multed twice.

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FragBuddy · Mar 19, 2013

CaliforniaCrisp said:
Can you guys post some pics of the setups? I have a mantis that a buddy was going to flush so I set it up in a 14g biocube. The lighting is low, has that black beauty sand (after reading I should probably change that out) and a few large rocks. I don't ever see him out and about. Just sits curled in a ball in a cave. Had him for 3 months now. Multed twice.
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How deep is the sand? Usually if they cant dig down they'll curl up into a ball beside liverock. Mine has about 4inch of tomini that he burrow through

CaliforniaCrisp · Mar 19, 2013

FragBuddy said:
How deep is the sand? Usually if they cant dig down they'll curl up into a ball beside liverock. Mine has about 4inch of tomini that he burrow through

He probably has 3in of the black beauty. Should I change to some live sand or crush coral?

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