Success!!!! He is all mine

[bruleyii]

Hes looking pretty happy in there. I wonder if introducing him is what encouraged your mantis to cruise or if its just coincidence?

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Wow! Just now seeing this! Cool!

 

[Wiz]

:D

 

[elfda]

:D

His iridescence is gorgeous!

 

[Water Dog]

It's funny how freaked out I'd feel if this creature lived in my reef tank. :eek: Yet as a recreational Northeast striped bass fisherman, I have no problem handling big sand worms, which look very similar, and hooking them to use as striper bait... and I've been bitten by their sharp pincers too!

 

[mikenestle]

Is everything still alive? I'm waiting for a sump battle royal.

 

[Wiz]

Everybody's still well. Got my mantis shrimp on top of one of the circulation pumps yesterday. He is definitely more active since the worm was introduced

 

[xaflatoonx]

what are you feeding the worm?

 

[Wiz]

Pieces of frozen food. Clam, fish scallop.... etc.

 

[Wiz]

Sweet color on this vid!

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Slick? LOL! His colors are indeed beautiful.

 

[Wiz]

Yep that's his name. Lol if you play the vid in 1080 it is gorgeous!

 

[Wiz]

About halfway through this video you will see his head and tail in one particular spot underneath the large rock. That large spot is where the mantis shrimp cave was. The two caves are now connected and I cannot find the Mantis. It's possible he still under there but he is definitely far under

 

[Lionfish Lair]

He's so cool, Dude.

 

[Wiz]

I noticed this morning that most of the rubble with the palleys and polyps and Kenya Trees that were in front are all pulled to where the front of the Mantis cave was. He is collecting all the rocks in the tank and making the cave bigger.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

That's what my mantis used to do.

 

[DracoKat]

he never seem to end in these videos! How long is he?

I've said it before, I say it again.. "That's Disgusting" lol

 

[Wiz]

Maybe the Mantis is still in there trying to create a wall between him and the worm.lol

He was about 18 inches unstretched when I put him in

 

[Brew12]

Maybe the Mantis is still in there trying to create a wall between him and the worm.lol

He was about 18 inches unstretched when I put him in

You need a bigger fuge!

 

[DracoKat]

I just shuddered when I read "18 inches unstretched".. yikes!