Say Hello to My Little Friend

[Dastank]

Well, I've been hearing things forever so it's about time I saw him. He's small, about the diameter of a pencil and 1.5 inches long, I only hope he's big enough to have killed the gorilla crab that's in there with him. It also explains the pile of empty shells in that corner of the tank. Nothing like a White Mantis Shrimp!

On the bright side check out that coraline on those rocks!

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e304/pine99/WhiteMantisShrimp006.gif

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e304/pine99/WhiteMantisShrimp007.gif

I fed him some shrimp today, nearly whacked the tweezers right out of my hand

[hot4teacher]

You know I love it when a mantis puts on a good show!

I admire your coraline...almost in an unhealthy obsessive manner.

Dana

[teto_78]

how the heck do you get so much coraline..?

mike, you got some homemade coraline recipe your holding out on us....?

[Dastank]

Just water changes! I didn't even start dosing until a few months ago.

I also collect my own water North of Torii, no rivers and a lot of current.

[vest0830]

He has my recipe :)
lots and lots of kalk. not too much though...gotta walk the alklinity.

BTW Mike, that thing looks scary!

[Dastank]

You should see it come out of his hole and whack a pair of tweezers. Makes me think twice before I put my hand in the tank!

[vest0830]

Haaa! I bet!

[Dastank]

Here's a video of him at feeding time! It took me a minute to shut off the camera, kind of forgot! LOL After he swims off the screen to the right he's gone and there's nothing but 30 seconds of my empty tank!

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e304/pine99/th_WhiteMantisShrimp044.jpg (http://s42.photobucket.com/albums/e304/pine99/?action=view&current=WhiteMantisShrimp044.flv)

[hot4teacher]

Dam! Look at that bad boy wrestle those tweezers! For his next stunt, I want to see Mike feed him with mysis in between his lips!

Dana