Slow Motion - Peacock Mantis Shrimp

[LuckyPhil]

Hey Reef2Reef community,
Just wanted to show off my mantis shrimp named Wreck-It Ralph.
I know there is a mantis shrimp community but thought i would show this amazing creature to a wider audience.
I feed him/her (haven't been able to sex yet) bristleworms that I collect from my main display tank, along with Ghost Shrimps, and mussels

I plan to be active and record videos of different types of food like ghost shrimp, mussels, crabs etc... so hit subscribe if you like to join me on my journey.

Also have a facebook page set up for him/her
https://www.facebook.com/WreckItRalphMantisShrimp/

Hope you enjoy.

 

[mike werner]

like a jackalope fast as fast can be.

 

[reef lover]

I Love mantis!! He' beautiful! I couldn' help but notice he was in a reef tank...have you read up on shell rot?? It' a fairly horrible bacterial?? Infection of the shell that has been associated with high light..

 

[LuckyPhil]

I Love mantis!! He' beautiful! I couldn' help but notice he was in a reef tank...have you read up on shell rot?? It' a fairly horrible bacterial?? Infection of the shell that has been associated with high light..

Thanks, yes I have read a lot about fin rot.
From what I have gathered it is not so much the lighting but more the water quality.
If you see a lot of mantis shrimp tanks out there they are not in the best condition (you can tell parameter wise).
In my case keeping SPS corals which are very sensitive to poor water parameters should help make sure i maintain water quality.

I test parameters in this tank every 3-5 days and do weekly water changes.

 

[Daniel@R2R]

That's a BEAUTIFUL mantis!!

 

[stevieduk]

oh hate mantis shrimp, my father had on in some living rock years ago and it grew and ended up striking at something on the glass , and cracked the 8mm glass. what a performance

 

[LuckyPhil]

oh hate mantis shrimp, my father had on in some living rock years ago and it grew and ended up striking at something on the glass , and cracked the 8mm glass. what a performance

Ouch! I guess I'm not feeding him near the glass anymore

 

[Wicky48]

I would imagine these would be kept alone in a tank? Are there inhabitants that could live in a tank with these shrimp?

 

[reef lover]

Mine is in his own 30 gal tank....anthing that goes in there becomes lunch...

 

[ThunderGoose]

Mine is still in my display tank (she came in as a hitchhiker). I don't see her very often but she seems to be doing OK. Haven't lost any fish but I have lost a few inverts. I keep thinking about setting up another tank just for her but then I think... more maintenance... where am I going to put it.... more equipment to purchase...more maintenance...my husband will kill me I already have three tanks....more maintenance....

 

[LuckyPhil]

I would imagine these would be kept alone in a tank? Are there inhabitants that could live in a tank with these shrimp?

Yup he is the only one in the tank atm.
Might try some damsels (for some reason she loves damsels... dominos, 3 striped.... and i have an achilles tang she doesn't look at for 2 secs)