ok, i'm gonna start up a thread for my mantis tank.
it was previously inhabited for the past 1.5years by a small green mantis shrimp, that was very shy and never came out much (thus pretty boring). its adult size according to the mantis pros over on RC would never get bigger than 1". so it never did anything exciting like kill crabs and snails. the mantis disapeared around november, and i never saw him again, so i've been on the look out for a new mantis.
i'm not a big fan of the current minibow set up, as it has some annoying problems, but until i can set up a new home for my new mantis, this will have to do.
anyways, here is an RC link to pics of my old mantis that i havent seen in forever (supposedly dead)
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=860066
here is the original thread i posted of the new G.smithii i caught at the LFS.
http://www.club-zoa.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4051
and here are some new pics i doctored up a bit:
i haven't seen him in a couple of days after putting him into the minibow, but could here him smashing away. and i JUST figured out where he was living last night/today.
i was looking at the rock where my old mantis lived, and i looked into the cave and it was blocked with a piece of a shell....lol
i thought that was odd, b/c it looked like it was "placed" to cover up the hole from the inside. so i positioned the rock so i could see into the cave easily, and when i went and looked into the cave today, the shell was GONE!! hahaha
i got my red light out, and i could see the G.Smithii mantis' eyes deep inside the cave. so i know he's alive and found his new home!!
i'm currently getting some pics of his home, should be pretty cool. can't wait to post them up!
it was previously inhabited for the past 1.5years by a small green mantis shrimp, that was very shy and never came out much (thus pretty boring). its adult size according to the mantis pros over on RC would never get bigger than 1". so it never did anything exciting like kill crabs and snails. the mantis disapeared around november, and i never saw him again, so i've been on the look out for a new mantis.
i'm not a big fan of the current minibow set up, as it has some annoying problems, but until i can set up a new home for my new mantis, this will have to do.
anyways, here is an RC link to pics of my old mantis that i havent seen in forever (supposedly dead)
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=860066
here is the original thread i posted of the new G.smithii i caught at the LFS.
http://www.club-zoa.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4051
and here are some new pics i doctored up a bit:
i haven't seen him in a couple of days after putting him into the minibow, but could here him smashing away. and i JUST figured out where he was living last night/today.
i was looking at the rock where my old mantis lived, and i looked into the cave and it was blocked with a piece of a shell....lol
i thought that was odd, b/c it looked like it was "placed" to cover up the hole from the inside. so i positioned the rock so i could see into the cave easily, and when i went and looked into the cave today, the shell was GONE!! hahaha
i got my red light out, and i could see the G.Smithii mantis' eyes deep inside the cave. so i know he's alive and found his new home!!
i'm currently getting some pics of his home, should be pretty cool. can't wait to post them up!