travisurfer Posted July 27, 2008 Author Share Posted July 27, 2008 YAY mine molted yesterday. i managed to snag a piece of his exo he's definately purple/blue with yellow legs, i've narrowed it down i believe he's either a bredini, wennerae or chiragra. Based on your descriptions it almost seems like a bredini to me but it's hard to say. Do you know what area it came from? I haven't seen any wennerae that are purple before and not with that varied of a two-tone as you are describing. In general though, you are going to want to leave the majority of the skeleton in there so the mantis can eat it to help replenish the nutrients it needs to build a new shell. Quote Link to comment
Zombo Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 travisurfer, I just wanted to give you big props for working your way to becoming the N-R Mantis Expert! Just reading about these incredible creatures is inspiring me to finish off stocking my nanowave 9 with a smaller species. I'm still hunting around for the wennerae or smithii I desire, and hope I am able to become as knowledgable as you are about stomatopods! Quote Link to comment
spawntilludie Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 my female g tern was a freebee. very cool mantis, enjoy my mantis/frag tank more than the aio. my mantis def knows who i am and will behave if she sees me. Quote Link to comment
Zombo Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 mantis own I don't own one (yet) Quote Link to comment
GrandpaFeathers Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 I've got P. Cilitia for $35 plus shipping. Shipping is about $30-$35 Quote Link to comment
travisurfer Posted July 30, 2008 Author Share Posted July 30, 2008 Not that I don't appreciate the comments, but this thread was more so made as an FAQ and whatnot for noobs. Check out The Mantis Tank Thread for general mantis shenanigans. Quote Link to comment
bheld Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 (edited) I just ordered my first Peacock today and can't wait for it to arrive at my LFS (in about a week)!! I set up my tank specifically for it Edited August 7, 2008 by bheld Quote Link to comment
caponeman Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 www.stomatopod.com has some new Peacocks and others in stock. Just thought I'd throw that in there for those that don't know where to pick one up. does anyone have a prediction as to what will happen if I add an arrow crab to my Carib tank? Is he toast with the mantis in there? I have a Peacock with an Arrow Crab. He doesn't bother it. Mine prefers emerald crabs and any type of snail. I'm sure he would whack the Arrow Crab if he got hungry enough. Also, I think the behavior varies from one mantis to the next. Quote Link to comment
travisurfer Posted October 2, 2008 Author Share Posted October 2, 2008 Yes, behavior is largely based on each individual mantis. With that said, I wouldn't want to keep a mantis with something I'd be disappointed to lose. Quote Link to comment
gregowen420 Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 heres a new pic i took today of my little buddy. he's about 2" 1/2" long Quote Link to comment
PBUEHH Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 heres a new pic i took today of my little buddy. he's about 2" 1/2" long Awesome photo, color wise he looks like a carolina preying mantis! I should have loads to choose from by the end of the month! I've heard they do rearranging, specifically corals or substrate, or a little bit of both? from the threads I've read they like to dig, but if offered shell fragments would they be less inclined to bother corals? my substrate actually has lots of broken shells in it already. I'm asking because i like to be daring and putting one in a prop tank sounds daring to me right now. Quote Link to comment
spazizz Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Yeah man that guys kinda weird, not sure if i like that species to much.. Quote Link to comment
demaria36 Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Cool thread. I recently (last week) saw two funny eyes peering out of a piece of liverock during a feeding session. I took the rock out an broke it (I had mushrooms on it) and placed the piece with the little critter in a small 1/2 gallon betta tank (with established sand and water from my 12g). Guess what it was? Yup, a little mantis, maybe 1" at the most. He hasn't come out of the rock much, but half the body does come out to see what's going on. I've fed it with a toothpick and it eats (doesn't like the toothpick much and snaps at it) but I haven't been able to see it fully out. Do you think I have a chance of keeping it and if so, do they grow fast? I have an empty 20g, but I won't set-up because this thing is still too tiny. If I can get a good pic, I'll post it, in the meantime I'll keep reading. Quote Link to comment
gregowen420 Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 i'm pretty sure he's from fiji, thats where the live rock he came in was from at my LFS. he doesn't ever dig in the sand, he has a hole in his rock and closes the door every night, he runs around and picks up small pebbles and carries them around but has never even knocked over one of my frags let alone redecorated my tank. he's a model citizen i've had him for nearly 4 months now and he's never killed anything. i feed him pieces of store shrimp and silversides every few days. Quote Link to comment
PBUEHH Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 yeah, just makes sure you have reasonable filtration, params stay normal and feed him right sized portion. I dont have a time table for you, but most owners say they grow quite fast. Quote Link to comment
demaria36 Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Here's a bad pic of mine, it doesn't come out much, but hopefully I'll catch it soon so I can post a better pic. Quote Link to comment
gregowen420 Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 took me almost 4 months before i got that good picture of mine. and that was being jobless and spending almost all my time near the tank Quote Link to comment
travisurfer Posted October 11, 2008 Author Share Posted October 11, 2008 Nice mantids. Just looking back, I wouldn't put a mantis in a prop tank. It gets really annoying trying to move stuff around. The little mantis should be fine in the small tank as long as the water quality is adequate and he has some room to roam. Quote Link to comment
gregowen420 Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 i bought another tank today and a G. Platysoma thats around 2 1/2" inches Quote Link to comment
travisurfer Posted October 15, 2008 Author Share Posted October 15, 2008 any pics? Quote Link to comment
Cytosine Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 what is the best way to put the live rocks Quote Link to comment
travisurfer Posted October 15, 2008 Author Share Posted October 15, 2008 what do you mean? Quote Link to comment
Cytosine Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 what is the best way to arrange the live rocks for the shrimp Quote Link to comment
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