moose12 Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 Here are some shots of a pink smasher that I finally caught today. No more worrying about sneak attacks on my hand when I foolishly move rock around. I wish I had a home for it, but I wasn't going to pass up a rare opportunity to finally catch it. Full Body Head Shot Link to comment
unsped Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 he was just doing his job. poor mantis. if you put something in the classified, lots of people want mantis. ive given some away in la. complements of gil: you know the rule here, you kill it, you cook and eat it. Link to comment
mache62 Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 blech, that thing looks like an underwater roach! Link to comment
moose12 Posted January 23, 2004 Author Share Posted January 23, 2004 unsped, I agree, and I actually had a 3-gallon bucket with a heater and two airstones but the shrimp didn't make it. But he already did his job on about 6 hermits, 1 peppermint shrimp and 1 emerald crab. Next time I'll fire up the grill............ Link to comment
OxInYourBox Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 Would have given you $20 and shipping costs for him. Glad you got him out though. My green smasher is smaller but can still be a terror. Fortunately he's in his own 5.5G with nothing but the occasional hermit, bristle worm, or feeder shrimp. Link to comment
zzpw3x Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 How big was that thing? Anything that ugly I step on! Link to comment
moose12 Posted January 23, 2004 Author Share Posted January 23, 2004 The shrimp was about 3 inches. Link to comment
Crakeur Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 you should have ground that thing up and fed it back to the tank. payback's a biyatch Link to comment
moose12 Posted January 23, 2004 Author Share Posted January 23, 2004 Crak, payback was very tempting. I would've done that if I'd had anything to feed it to. I lost all my fish, two cleaners and two corals Tuesday morning b/c of a pH crash overnight. Link to comment
AnthonyNguyen Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 that sound quite weird, grr..dont you know that manstis is expensive??? why did you post?? i would pay atleast 30 buck's for it. and is it a spear mantis only eat fish?? i being looking at that manstis for a long time, and they always out of order..grrr...i have other kind of mantis acting strange, acting like a dog. he not even mean to the lil blue leg crab's that i brought for food. is there any more infomation that i need to know ..or how to make my manstis turn into a mean mean dude , instead of a lil dog?? i kept my water at 1.022-1.023. and being having him for the last 4 months. thanks for any imformation! Link to comment
moose12 Posted January 23, 2004 Author Share Posted January 23, 2004 Anthony, Here is a good site with lots of mantis info: http://www.blueboard.com/mantis/ Also check out the mantis forum over on Reef Central. HTH, Chris Link to comment
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