VannReefer87 Posted September 27, 2006 Author Share Posted September 27, 2006 ok...so I'm waiting on a few more frags to arrive and them I'm done for a while, so I'll let everything grow out and maybe start trading frags for some colors I don't have yet... Link to comment
drowsyfirefly Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Your lionfish (assuming he's your icon) is absolutely adorable. Manny is such a brilliant color! I hope he keeps it when he molts! And it is so hard to believe that that is a 2.5g...excellent work, sir. --Meghan Link to comment
VannReefer87 Posted September 27, 2006 Author Share Posted September 27, 2006 Thanks drowsyfirely, Manny actually got brighter after he molted! I was very pleased with his colors. As for the tank, I'm really enjoying it. Easy to work with compared to my 37g. Although I'm dreading the day manny will have to be moved into a bigger tank and I won't be able to watch him so closely. But he's still only like an 1'' 1/2-2'' tops. So we take it as it goes... Link to comment
Sushi Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 awesome mantis! the colors are amazing try to get more pics of the lil guy Link to comment
VannReefer87 Posted September 28, 2006 Author Share Posted September 28, 2006 haha thanks uchiha!!, I will def. try and get some more pics of him, I think he's actually getting jealous of the zoa's and coming out more so I can take pics of him! Link to comment
SaVeThEeELs Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 ok everyone here is my beloved mantis "Manny" ha!! told you they pose!!! i bet its like having a dog....cept this one will break your fingers..... what do they respond to? how do you communicate w/ em?? glass tapping b/f feeding?? Link to comment
VannReefer87 Posted September 28, 2006 Author Share Posted September 28, 2006 haha, if I look closely at the tank he greets me with a nice show of aggression and when I put the feeding tongs in the tank he begs like a dog on its hind legs for a bone..its pretty funny, if only he'd stay still for a good full body shot! 8) Link to comment
fishy687 Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 Nice tank. I like your mantis shrimp LIPZ!! Link to comment
VannReefer87 Posted September 29, 2006 Author Share Posted September 29, 2006 haha thanks FISHY, when the hell are you goin to get that harlequin and start your own tank thread?!?!?! Link to comment
VannReefer87 Posted October 11, 2006 Author Share Posted October 11, 2006 alright, well I just ordered some awesome paly's from reefkingdom, and have a few new frags from the LFS that I got a weekend job at, so pictures will be coming soon of both corals and hopefully mr. crab killer himself, Manny! Link to comment
VannReefer87 Posted October 19, 2006 Author Share Posted October 19, 2006 alright everyone, well I have some bad news and some good news......first the bad news, the 2.5g AGA is going to be no more in a few weeks because I have to take it down because my little inhabitant is getting a little bigger (2'') and I want a little more room to work with. Now for the good news....I just bought a custom 5g acrylic tank w/ overflow off of a fellow reefer on here that was moving. Will be transfering everything from the 2.5 and I'm going to add some more coral and a tad more rock (1-2 very small peices) I'll try and update the 2.5g a few more times before it comes down so people can see the progress thats been made since its birth back in early September Link to comment
yankeereefer Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 you bought the 5g, eh? It's a neat little setup Link to comment
VannReefer87 Posted October 19, 2006 Author Share Posted October 19, 2006 yep that was me, got a pretty good deal on it and it seemed like a cool tank, hopefully I'll be able to do something cool with it. Hows your 5.5g doin? Link to comment
yankeereefer Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 5.5g tank's doing ok - I bought the fungia and frogspawn from the same guy. Those corals went into the 5.5 - I also got some LR from him - I'm thinking about rescaping and adding the contents of my .5g to it. The plastic Red Sea pico is a PITA to keep clean. Prolly be a Sat. moring project. Link to comment
SaVeThEeELs Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 got a dry pic of the new tank?? im fixin to chop up 2, 3 gal picotopes and make my own w/ all the fun stuff needed... im goin that direction b/c if i just buy another kit, i get all the gear too... still no mantis though....-={ ill never be part of the cult at this rate..... Link to comment
VannReefer87 Posted October 19, 2006 Author Share Posted October 19, 2006 Sounds like a plan Yankee, looking foward to seeing what you do with it. Savetheeels: I don't have a pic yet, the tanks being shipped out today but when I do get it and make sure everything is clean I'll be sure to take pics from the start to the end. Hopefully you can find a mantis soon. Did you try TBS saltwater? They usually have some there I didn't think prices were too too bad. Keep tryin though b/c they're awesome little guys. Manny is like a little dog in a tank, he comes out and sees me every morning before class Link to comment
yankeereefer Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 got a dry pic of the new tank?? here's a link to the thread with a pic of it - it's the 4th and 5th photo in the 2nd post with pics http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?...100257&st=0 Yankee edit: it's actually all of the first 6 photos in the 2nd post w/pics (Post #5 in the thread) Link to comment
VannReefer87 Posted October 19, 2006 Author Share Posted October 19, 2006 haha thanks yankee, I never thought about just putting the link to where I got the tank duh...I'm retarded. Link to comment
Lingwendil Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Any links to/pics of the light you have on there? Link to comment
John Bloch Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 got a dry pic of the new tank?? im fixin to chop up 2, 3 gal picotopes and make my own w/ all the fun stuff needed... im goin that direction b/c if i just buy another kit, i get all the gear too... still no mantis though....-={ ill never be part of the cult at this rate..... just call your local LFS's and tell them to write down your name for a mantis if they ever find one.. i just got one today... for $5... mwhahahahahah!!! we found one in our big frag tank.... ~ps~ it pays to work at your lfs... Link to comment
justinl Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 I know it was a while ago that you asked for advice but anyways my advice is that the bigger a tank the better... when i first started reading this i was going to tell you to upgrade to at least 5 gallons... glad to hear you did so on your own. My other advice is to just get one of those digital stick on thermometers... mantises like to smack things up to look tough. floating glass is no exception. speaking of smacking glass, same goes for the heater... it'd be good to have a plastic or titanium heater. past that, sweet ternatensis! and lion too! Im currently setting up a 60 gal peacock mantis tank and thinking of testing in the future to see if it'll let a lion live in peace in there. and before anyone tells me its a bad idea, mantis kills all blah blah, i know the risks. Just thought it would make a wicked cool combination. Link to comment
FUGU!!! Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 sounds like a great start! Link to comment
Carinya Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Hah. My mantis is named Manny too. It came to me with that name already, but still. Two Manny the Mantises out there in the world. Who knew? Yours is much more colorful than mine. Nice setup. Link to comment
nano7joy Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Well went buy my LFS today and a friend pointed out the lil thumbsplitter thought ya all might enjoy this http://cgi.ebay.com/Huge-Peacock-Mantis-Sh...1QQcmdZViewItem Link to comment
VannReefer87 Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 haha thanks everyone, sorry I was ignoring this post topic for the longest time. I'll have to post pics and tank specs of "Manny's" new home, which he's enjoying very much. Not as colorful as the old home, as I have no coral in this one with him even though I have a lot of light in this tank. Link to comment
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