My Mantis

[DeniseAndy]

Well, unfortunately, I do not have any pictures yet of the guy. Got him over two months ago and he is maybe 2.5" long, bright florescent green and funny.

He just moved from a 6g to a 5g because I move my picos around a lot.

I feed him squid and he seems to love it. Only thing he will eat right now. He does seem to eat a bit of clam, but not much. I have him with 2 hermits and one snail and he has not bothered them. They are small too, but I think he is lazy.

I feed him every other day. I put food in tongs and he creeps out of hidey hole and comes and takes it. Very cool guy. He also made quite the noise while he was drilling through the rock for his tunnels.

I will try to get some pics. While on vacation, I had babysitters feeding him. They told me he never once came out. The food would disappear though. First day back, I went to feed him, he came flying out and grabbed it right from me.

He already knows me.

 

[Sashaka]

Cool! Waiting eagerly for the pic. ;Playful

 

[DeniseAndy]

Me trying to feed and take picture will be worth videoing actually. Maybe I will try for a short video instead. I may be better at that. ;Bored

 

[OriginalUserName]

This post is a tease.

 

[andy020]

Seems like mantis posts are all a tease

 

[DeniseAndy]

I am sorry. I have been so busy. I am rebuilding my 210g and all energies have gone to that. Some day maybe.

 

[DeniseAndy]

Okay. taken today. No laughing it was with my phone and I have no idea how to edit the video.

 

[DeniseAndy]

I would start video 23 second in and end at 1:13

 

[mta_morrow]

Very cool and thanks for sharing!

Your video making skills are only rivaled by me !

 

[ThunderGoose]

I noticed you dropped the food a couple of times. Have you tried bamboo skewers? I use them to target feed Sally, my serpent star.

 

[DeniseAndy]

I had the lid on and light. Normally I do not and it is a lot easier. I do drop it a lot too. He goes and gets it. I will try skewers. I have some, just never thought about it. Thanks.

 

[DeniseAndy]

Poor guy passed away yesterday. He was over 3" and I may have starved him a bit. I got sick and no one fed him for a bit. He was fun though. Never hunted. Lazy thing.

 

[reef lover]

 

[Sashaka]

Oh, man. Sorry to hear that. It's tough losing fish/critters we really enjoy.

I just moved a bunch of fish around and one relocation is not working out well. I'm worried about the survival of my flame angel (pictured on my avatar). I don't have time to catch the fish causing issues (Bad Boy cherub angel ) until the weekend. I was hoping the large volume of the 180 gal would discourage Bad Boy's aggression, but no dice. This will be the third tank I've tried to home Bad Boy. He's a terror. I need to get rid of him.

 

[Hai tran]

thanks for sharing