soyu22
11/12/2001, 05:22 PM
Hello,
I've finally got a mantis shrimp. It is not the colorful Odontodactylus s. but it's a good size and acts much the same, i believe. I got him for 20 bucks at a lfs and he is about 4 inches. He is the common dark green color with some areas darker than others. The "meral spots" on his smashers appear to be white. I think he is of the "gonodactilade..." something... I will have to try to get pics later.
I keep him in a Eclipse6, but am gonna get a ten gallon so he can burrow more. He shares the tank with a blue damsel who he has never once gone for. The lfs store said he ate orange mollies, but would not touch the black ones...I think this is why the Blue Damsel has been so lucky!
I've fed him frozen shrimp, pork, and he smashed a snail apart that i got from Chinatown. I recently put in a hermit that i got from the beach and he quickly shoved the thing out of his burrow and would only hit it when the hermit came out. He did not attempt to crack it open and eat it though, which may be since the hermit was kinda large...but the next morning, the hermit shel was empty! and I found a single leg and that it...The shell was not broken at all. U think the mantis somehow pulled him out?
Anyway, this message is getting too long! But these mantis shrimp are great pets indeed!
I've finally got a mantis shrimp. It is not the colorful Odontodactylus s. but it's a good size and acts much the same, i believe. I got him for 20 bucks at a lfs and he is about 4 inches. He is the common dark green color with some areas darker than others. The "meral spots" on his smashers appear to be white. I think he is of the "gonodactilade..." something... I will have to try to get pics later.
I keep him in a Eclipse6, but am gonna get a ten gallon so he can burrow more. He shares the tank with a blue damsel who he has never once gone for. The lfs store said he ate orange mollies, but would not touch the black ones...I think this is why the Blue Damsel has been so lucky!
I've fed him frozen shrimp, pork, and he smashed a snail apart that i got from Chinatown. I recently put in a hermit that i got from the beach and he quickly shoved the thing out of his burrow and would only hit it when the hermit came out. He did not attempt to crack it open and eat it though, which may be since the hermit was kinda large...but the next morning, the hermit shel was empty! and I found a single leg and that it...The shell was not broken at all. U think the mantis somehow pulled him out?
Anyway, this message is getting too long! But these mantis shrimp are great pets indeed!