Ratvan Posted September 6, 2021 Author Share Posted September 6, 2021 3 minutes ago, M. Tournesol said: You should add pods and bristle worms to deals with the rest of your mantis meal. Yeah loads of pods in the tank as well as rotifers, bristle worms, micro brittle stars and stomatella snails will be the next addition. Still waiting on an arrival of a smaller Mantis species and trying desperately to stay away from that Hawkfish in the LFS 1 Quote Link to comment
M. Tournesol Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 11 minutes ago, Ratvan said: Still waiting on an arrival of a smaller Mantis Do you have a timeline for when the next mantis will arrive? All Europe should have the same live rock from which my mantis came. Did you try to contact reefers on UK forum do know if they have a hitchhiker mantis shrimp? You may have some luck. Quote Link to comment
Ratvan Posted September 6, 2021 Author Share Posted September 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, M. Tournesol said: Do you have a timeline for when the next mantis will arrive? All Europe should have the same live rock from which my mantis came. Did you try to contact reefers on UK forum do know if they have a hitchhiker mantis shrimp? You may have some luck. Yeah I have adverts out on the main two forums UR and Reefbase, issue with hitch hiker mantis is that i wont know the species until it arrives and i dont want to be stuck with something unsuitable for the tank (peacock) or something really dull, I have one of the G. Viridis on back order but its anyones guess if/when it will arive 1 Quote Link to comment
Kindanewtothis Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 2 hours ago, Ratvan said: Picked up the first sacrifice to the Mantis gods, 2x Trocus Snails and one Spiny Astrea. All got a load of coralline algae on the shells so will be scraping them shells when i get them to the tank this evening (currently keeping warm in the Cichlid tank in a bag of course) I'd like to see a video of the feeding! 1 Quote Link to comment
debbeach13 Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 No actual sacrifice until you get the mantis. Why aren't you floating the bags in the tank they will go in? 1 Quote Link to comment
Ratvan Posted September 6, 2021 Author Share Posted September 6, 2021 5 minutes ago, debbeach13 said: No actual sacrifice until you get the mantis. Why aren't you floating the bags in the tank they will go in? Because currently i am in my office and the tank they shall go in is at home, established snacks a better phrase? 1 Quote Link to comment
Kindanewtothis Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 5 hours ago, Ratvan said: All got a load of coralline algae on the shells so will be scraping them shells Care to explain why?🤔 1 Quote Link to comment
Ratvan Posted September 6, 2021 Author Share Posted September 6, 2021 4 minutes ago, Kindanewtothis said: Care to explain why?🤔 Using the coralline on the shells in an attempt to introduce the algae into the tank - "seeding" effectively Quote Link to comment
Kindanewtothis Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 3 minutes ago, Ratvan said: Using the coralline on the shells in an attempt to introduce the algae into the tank - "seeding" effectively Wouldn't just leaving the shells in the tank do the job? Real question (last one I promise), sorry to hijack your thread 😉 1 Quote Link to comment
Ratvan Posted September 6, 2021 Author Share Posted September 6, 2021 3 minutes ago, Kindanewtothis said: Wouldn't just leaving the shells in the tank do the job? Real question (last one I promise), sorry to hijack your thread 😉 Yes that will work too, apparently scraping the shells speeds up the process. Worth a go take a toothbrush to my new critters and make them all shiney. Hijack away, asking questions is how we learn (especially me) 1 1 Quote Link to comment
debbeach13 Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 I think I do like that phrase better. I though about the office right after I posted. It's a holiday here so some stuff is closed. Banks. post office I think the stock market. No affect on my life I am always on holiday. Scraping not brushing. But I have brushed snail shells to get rid of hair algae. Quote Link to comment
Kindanewtothis Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 47 minutes ago, debbeach13 said: I think I do like that phrase better. I use to have snakes (like 15), my friends called it "the feeding" (some only wanted live pray) Quote Link to comment
debbeach13 Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 I am expecting videos of feeding time. 1 Quote Link to comment
Ratvan Posted September 7, 2021 Author Share Posted September 7, 2021 37 minutes ago, debbeach13 said: I am expecting videos of feeding time. I need to find a mantis shrimp first like. 😁 Anything other than Instagram or Youtube for hosting video's? Quote Link to comment
Kindanewtothis Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 9 minutes ago, Ratvan said: I need to find a mantis shrimp first like. 😁 Anything other than Instagram or Youtube for hosting video's? Yeah I mistaked you for @M. Tournesol who I think have a mantis. For the videos I use youtube and I share the link. Would be nice to be able to post videos directly but I guess to size would be too big. 1 Quote Link to comment
M. Tournesol Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 41 minutes ago, Kindanewtothis said: Yeah I mistaked you for @M. Tournesol who I think have a mantis. For the videos I use youtube and I share the link. Would be nice to be able to post videos directly but I guess to size would be too big. 😢 Quote Link to comment
Kindanewtothis Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 28 minutes ago, M. Tournesol said: 😢 Why so sad? You do have mantis thant came with your rocks right? But if I remember it's an unwanted mantis. Quote Link to comment
M. Tournesol Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 22 minutes ago, Kindanewtothis said: But if I remember it's an unwanted mantis. This is why I am sad. I like the mantis but I don't like the fact that my snails are on the menu and that my alpheus randalli mysteriously disappeared. 2 Quote Link to comment
Kindanewtothis Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 UK and France are close @Ratvan and @M. Tournesol you are 1 train ride away from a swap! (I did a one day round way trip from Paris to London once) 😉 2 Quote Link to comment
Ratvan Posted September 7, 2021 Author Share Posted September 7, 2021 12 minutes ago, Kindanewtothis said: UK and France are close @Ratvan and @M. Tournesol you are 1 train ride away from a swap! (I did a one day round way trip from Paris to London once) 😉 We've looked into posting, far too expensive as UK is no longer in the EU 1 Quote Link to comment
M. Tournesol Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 9 minutes ago, Kindanewtothis said: UK and France are close @Ratvan and @M. Tournesol you are 1 train ride away from a swap! (I did a one day round way trip from Paris to London once) 😉 One, the mantis shrimp is still not captured. Two, it is not cheap 💸 even when I am living near Paris (île-de-france). Four, transporting animals between countries may be illegal. Five, Covid. 2 Quote Link to comment
Kindanewtothis Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 4 minutes ago, M. Tournesol said: One, the mantis shrimp is still not captured. Two, it is not cheap 💸 even when I am living near Paris (île-de-france). Four, transporting animals between countries may be illegal. Five, Covid. You know I wasn't really serious right? 1 Quote Link to comment
M. Tournesol Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 Just now, Kindanewtothis said: You know I wasn't really serious right? 🤥 2 Quote Link to comment
M. Tournesol Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 10 minutes ago, Ratvan said: We've looked into posting, far too expensive as UK is no longer in the EU If by miracle, I manage to capture it and a local "LFS" is ok to take it I could ask him if they deliver to the UK. If yes, not too costly, and if @Ratvan is still looking for a mantis I could give him the LFS phone number. 2 Quote Link to comment
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