Mantis Shrimp hitting glass.

[Reeftanker3295]

Originally Posted by jenglish

I had a mantis for YEARS w/o knowing it but it never touched the clownfish. I had never heard of someone keeping them on purpose back then and the LFS answer was straighten out a coathanger and stab him in his burrow.

I want to get my sump built, replace a hagen 402 with a K2 or K3, build a rock lift and replace my sand bed so it will be a awhile before that 10 gallon gets any attention

haha i understand that but LUCKILY all problems are fixed in my 29 biocube now HOORAY! getting my last piece of coral for a while on wednesday, a nice piece of solomon zoanthid that was on sale for like 15 bucks. I just realized there was a mantis in my 29 biocube a week ago after having the tank for 7 months . And mine also never touched some fish or inverts while it would kill some the night that i got them . I got my cleaner shrimp when it was about 2 cm long haha and it was never bothered, still totally healthy today, maybe a little too healthy (it rips out my hair when i stick my arm in the tank )

[quader94]

Originally Posted by Reeftanker3295

Hey quader i have a question, could i put the LR around my piece of PVC so that the piece of PVC is in sort of a cave? I was thinking this because then it wont stand out so much and im going to use as little amount of sand as i can so i am going to try and cover up the rest of the PVC with the caves support LR. Would this work or would the shrimp knock it down?

yup that would be perfect

[Reeftanker3295]

perfect! also that will give the LR a bit of leverage so the i can siphon anything that grows underneath it

[quader94]

but the mantis might move stuff around to his liking

[Reeftanker3295]

thats ok as long as he doesnt totally destroy the cave haha

[quader94]

lol whered you decide to get the mantis from?

[Reeftanker3295]

the tampa bay saltwater place because they're letting me choose the color of the shrimp and his/her size so that i know itll accept the foods im offering it.

[steelyphil]

Jeeze these mantis shrimp are scary. I'd rather have a shark after me than a big one of these. It looks like something out of a scifi movie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAyyx...eature=channel

[quader94]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdEFz...eature=channel


why would this guy do this lol

[10 gallon reefer]

where can u get those mantis shrimp cause most places that i have looked i didnt see them or they didnt have any in stock.

[quader94]

well which mantis are you looking for specifically?