el_dante Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 I was doing some redesigning in my tank, and after some rock breaking, I saw this shrimp. Was it a Mantis? Link to comment
jdsabin1 Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 Looks like one. Do you have a better closeup. It's easier if we can see his smashers or spears (whichever type he is). Looks similar to what I just pulled out of my new live rock tonight also although yours is certainly more colorful. How did you catch him? Link to comment
el_dante Posted August 6, 2003 Author Share Posted August 6, 2003 I split one of my large rocks in two and I saw him in between. I took out the half w/ him in it and did a quick fresh water dip. After a little while, he came out. Link to comment
Graywolf57 Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 I agree with the better picture... did you stretch his appendage forward in the front ??? If so they almost look short or too straight for a mantis to my untrained eye. Jdsabin1 - that really does look like the one in your post with colors. About the same size to. Link to comment
Graywolf57 Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 Forgot to ask....does it have stalked eyes? almost looks like a small lobster from the picture. Link to comment
jdsabin1 Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 Mine was ID'd correctly over on Reef Central as a Ghost Shrimp. Here's a link: http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/crust/mov1758i.html Link to comment
mane3215 Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 And you threw the poor little guy to the manits...=). Link to comment
jdsabin1 Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 Originally posted by mane3215 And you threw the poor little guy to the manits...=). Damn I did too. :| That mantis tank is too easy. If I get mad at a crab, can't ID something, etc it's off to go see Mr. Grinch. Basically like death row when the inmates call the electric chair 'Mr. Sparky'. Link to comment
mane3215 Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 Heheh, yeah thats great, I might have to set my 7g bow up to be a mantis tank. A couple snails have been ####ing me off lately:P. Link to comment
FlyGTI Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 I need to start up one of those tanks. I need a "time out" tank. Link to comment
Graywolf57 Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 LOL...after doing a stint in your "time out" mantis tank (assuming they don't become lunch) you'll just need to point to the time out tank and any offender will shape up immediately.....you guys are funny. Link to comment
dharned Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 I want to do a mantis tank! Seems like people either love them or hate them. Unfortunately I already told my fiance about them and she thinks I am nuts for wanting something nicknamed a thumbsplitter. PS. "If I get mad at a crab, can't ID something, etc it's off to go see Mr. Grinch. " <--- histerical Uh oh, here comes a tree hugger with a tofu log. *Ouch* stop hitting me! Link to comment
Nevermind Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 Pistol Shrimp most like. Mantis keeps their claws close to their body. [Edit] Its definitly a pistol shrimp, I can see the thick pincers at the tip of his claws. Just from looking at the first pic you can tell that its not a mantis but a regular shrimp. Thick claws and plyer like pincers are dead give aways for a pistol shrimp. Link to comment
el_dante Posted August 6, 2003 Author Share Posted August 6, 2003 I guess a closer picture would have helped if my camera would have let me (too fuzzy). I went out and bought a new digital camera today- Canon s400- and I am trying to convince myself that my obsessive reef hobby had nothing to do with the purchase. Link to comment
kennerd Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 Absolutely, positively a pistol: throw him back into your main tank if he's still alive! Link to comment
el_dante Posted August 6, 2003 Author Share Posted August 6, 2003 Ken, that totaly sucks! He's dead b/c I was fussing to get him out of the rock. Damn! Link to comment
Crakeur Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 ken, take a look at the first pic. He's got the shrimp mounted like a dead butterfly. Link to comment
mane3215 Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 Muhahahaha, I was thinking that last night. Funny, good stuff!!! Link to comment
el_dante Posted August 6, 2003 Author Share Posted August 6, 2003 What's a dead mounted butterfly look like? I never mounted any of those. Link to comment
Crakeur Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 first off, depending on your size, it's hard to mount a buttefly. gotta be real careful not to crush them. ok, in all seriousness, haven't you ever been to a natural history museum where they have bugs mounted with pins on white backgrounds? Link to comment
mane3215 Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 OT, but you should have seen this damn moth I found the otherday. I do live int he middle of the woods, but this thing was like as big as my thumb. Just the body!!! With wings bigger then my fist. Spooky! SHoulda sent him to El_dante for mounting! Link to comment
el_dante Posted August 6, 2003 Author Share Posted August 6, 2003 El_Dante's Strange Animal Display Mounting now open for business. Will mount for frags! Link to comment
Crakeur Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 sheesh, for a minute there I thought you said you'd mount fags. oh, nevermind Link to comment
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