SHOW OFF YOUR MANTIS SHRIMP!!

[Daniel@R2R]

These guys deserve a show off thread! Let's see photos of mantis shrimp you've got, have kept, or just taken pics of! Fill this thread up with great mantis shrimp pics!

Image credit: The Oatmeal by Mathew Inmann​

 

[reef lover]

 

[GoVols]

This is so cool!!!

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[K. Steven]

 

[K. Steven]

And here he is posing on picture day...

 

[Will Milberger]

Was watching a spot on them on Blue Planet II the other night. Was very interesting. The male feeds the female.

 

[Neo Jeo]

I had one for about 2 days. I did not know at the time they like fish... ate all my fish in a few days and out went the shrimp lol. It’s was beautiful tho.

 

[NY_Caveman]

These guys deserve a show off thread! Let's see photos of mantis shrimp you've got, have kept, or just taken pics of! Fill this thread up with great mantis shrimp pics!

Love this @mdbannister !

 

[Bob Loblaw]

 

[AlexG]

Here is my spearing mantis. Stomatopods rule.

 

[AlgaeBarn]

Rest in peace, I miss this spunky 'lil girl.
-Kevin

 

[madweazl]

Hands down some of my favorite things to keep; cant wait to have some more in the tank.

Haptosquilla trispinosa from our tank in Okinawa, Japan.

 

[Rufus’ goofs]

I fell in love with these shrimp years before I got into saltwater. They’re super fascinating.

I’m not sure if it’s all species of mantis shrimp, or only some, but they have 16 different chromatic receptive cells in their eyes.
We only have 3 and see 6 (does indigo really count? I love Isaac Newton but he just had a thing for the number 7.) different colors.

Not to mention the ones that can create cavacation bubbles!

They’re amazing creatures.

 

[Krzydmnd]

You, sir, are awesome. Bob Loblaw is in my opinion the best character name ever created. TV, movie or otherwise.

 

[savetheocean]

I want one so bad. But, I can't have 5 tanks sadly.

 

[madweazl]

I want one so bad. But, I can't have 5 tanks sadly.

There are tons of smaller species that are perfectly fine to keep in reef tanks. I had three of the H. trispinosa (pictured above) in our 50g reef; they never bugged anything.

 

[savetheocean]

There are tons of smaller species that are perfectly fine to keep in reef tanks. I had three of the H. trispinosa (pictured above) in our 50g reef; they never bugged anything.

Aren't they loud? My tank is in my bedroom so that might be an issue.

 

[Bob Loblaw]

 

[madweazl]

Aren't they loud? My tank is in my bedroom so that might be an issue.

They occasionally make noise but the smaller species arent very loud at all; much quieter than a pistol shrimp.

 

[DeniseAndy]

I would love to have one to show the kids in my traveling tanks. Would any work in a 6g?