I just got back from a 3 day trip to snorkel the near shore reef flats in the Middle Keys. I always see, and always VERY briefly, small mantis shrimp when I do a little collecting. This time I picked up a rock and the shrimp stayed with the rock for a few seconds and then let go. They aren't very good swimmers and it was quite easy to collect.
Can anybody tell me more about this guy? It is currently in a 5g holding tank with some of the other things I collected and he doesn't seem to be a problem... so far. Anybody know what it eats? BTW, I've downsized from a 90g reef which I just sold with all my old livestock and started a new 16g rimless nano. I have a few corals I bought recently. And now the CUC I collected in the Keys. I don't plan on any fish, but 1 small algae eater may make it into the tank at some point in the future. Right now I'm interested in finding out more about this mantis shrimp.
I will have a big write up of this trip with lots of photos posted in my old 'Snorkeling and Collecting' thread, here is a link:
Can anybody tell me more about this guy? It is currently in a 5g holding tank with some of the other things I collected and he doesn't seem to be a problem... so far. Anybody know what it eats? BTW, I've downsized from a 90g reef which I just sold with all my old livestock and started a new 16g rimless nano. I have a few corals I bought recently. And now the CUC I collected in the Keys. I don't plan on any fish, but 1 small algae eater may make it into the tank at some point in the future. Right now I'm interested in finding out more about this mantis shrimp.
I will have a big write up of this trip with lots of photos posted in my old 'Snorkeling and Collecting' thread, here is a link:
Snorkeling & Collecting Discussion Group
Hello and welcome to what I hope will be an interesting and useful forum for talking about snorkeling and collecting of wild marine animals. I live in Florida and I’m able to go snorkeling in the Florida Keys several times a year. But I by no means want to limit this to just my snorkeling here...
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