Tamberav Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Alright.. soo, ordered a peacock mantis and they sent a purple spotted by mistake. I informed them and then they sent me a tracking # that said "actually sending a peacock mantis" and told me to keep this guy. Tank: 20g Lighting: Fuge Led par30 Flow: Maxi-jet 900 with hydroflow Inverts: Purple-Spotted Mantis - Gonodactylus smithii Coral (hitchikers on my live rock): pink zoas dragon eye zoas blue cloves green mushrooms green star polyps Macro: Caulerpra prolifera Blue Ochtodes Red gracilaria Red grape Cheato FTS: Link to comment
Based Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Did you have to pay for the current one? Link to comment
Tamberav Posted July 12, 2013 Author Share Posted July 12, 2013 Did you have to pay for the current one? No, they told me to keep it for free and "do whatever I wanted with it". Link to comment
Tamberav Posted July 12, 2013 Author Share Posted July 12, 2013 Wow lucky Considering they sell them on their website for 60-80 bucks, I was pretty happy to get a free one out of their mistake Someone else is most likely not happy though. They only had 2 mantis shrimp for sale and this one was marked as sold so I ended up with someones order. Link to comment
Based Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 are they paying for shipping for the peacock for their mistake? Link to comment
Tamberav Posted July 12, 2013 Author Share Posted July 12, 2013 are they paying for shipping for the peacock for their mistake? Yes, it arrived this morning. I didn't pay anything Pic of the peacock while it was acclimating on page 2: http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/329383-20g-long-aio-tank-with-mantis/page-2 Link to comment
Based Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 You got so lucky!! You got one expensive mantis for free, and then a nice peacock to! Link to comment
Tamberav Posted July 13, 2013 Author Share Posted July 13, 2013 Have you sexed it yet? Not yet, everytime he/she is out, I am busy with something and forget to sex it. They bagged it in like 12 bags so I didn't get a chance to look while acclimating either. He/she is not too shy and I just need to remember /facepalm Link to comment
Tamberav Posted July 13, 2013 Author Share Posted July 13, 2013 Well hurry up lol I went and looked just for you. I THINK its a girl, i watched her do some somersaults among the rock-work and I didn't see any boy parts. Can't wait to get a good pic of her, she is a dark shiney green with bright blue trim and red accents. Link to comment
jadedanime Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Yay!!! Two girls! Don't let them get in a cat fight lol Link to comment
Tamberav Posted July 13, 2013 Author Share Posted July 13, 2013 Yay!!! Two girls! Don't let them get in a cat fight lol I was wrong! I got a good look at him today. It's a boy! He is dark green with blue edging and splashes of orange/red. He was running around his tank punching everything today. Link to comment
jadedanime Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Boys have boy sticks between their last legs...kinda.... Lol ...ok so Sheila needs a boy toy then hmmm I've got no good boy names.. Lol Link to comment
Tamberav Posted July 13, 2013 Author Share Posted July 13, 2013 how do you sex them again? The males are generally brighter and more colorful than the females. However, they is an easy way to surely sex them. Inside the 3rd pair of walking legs are two stick-looking things. The females won't have this. Link to comment
Based Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 its usually shaped like a v right? Link to comment
Tamberav Posted July 13, 2013 Author Share Posted July 13, 2013 how do you sex them again? Managed to find a pic: Boy parts: Girl parts: I feel naughty posting some sort of mantis shrimp porn Link to comment
Based Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 well imnot even going to sex mine for if its a female i dont have to name it shehulk Link to comment
jadedanime Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 well imnot even going to sex mine for if its a female i dont have to name it shehulk Name her poison ivy Link to comment
Based Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 i want to be able to say hulk smash, keeping my fingers crossed Link to comment
Tamberav Posted July 13, 2013 Author Share Posted July 13, 2013 well imnot even going to sex mine for if its a female i dont have to name it shehulk not so bad imo Link to comment
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