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Forum: Fish Only & Aggressive Tanks 01/11/2008, 04:49 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,327
Posted By justinl
Ive always wanted to try my hand with a white...

Ive always wanted to try my hand with a white ribbon eel (which technically isnt very closely related to the blue). interesting looking animal that does much better than the blue in captivity.
Forum: Mantis Shrimp 01/11/2008, 04:43 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 5,039
Posted By justinl
cool. Im glad they are doing so well. Have you...

cool. Im glad they are doing so well. Have you captive raised these guys before? or is success somehow better fr some reason in wild caught larvae than captive hatched?
Forum: Reef Discussion 01/08/2008, 04:28 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 1,651
Posted By justinl
how about a cold water tank? you could keep one...

how about a cold water tank? you could keep one or two of these guys. Ive bred them at the aquarium i work at and let me tell you, they are the cutest things ever... spiny pacific lumpsucker....
Forum: Mantis Shrimp 01/07/2008, 07:06 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 3,671
Posted By justinl
hahaha, i suppose that's karma?

hahaha, i suppose that's karma?
Forum: Mantis Shrimp 01/05/2008, 07:13 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,462
Posted By justinl
cant think of any more than what you've listed...

cant think of any more than what you've listed atm, but id like to point out that i dont think rapt loss really counts. if anything, it's more of an indicator of something wrong... be it...
Forum: Mantis Shrimp 01/05/2008, 01:37 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,275
Posted By justinl
bahahaha omg this is GOLD! "Calcified clubs...

bahahaha omg this is GOLD! "Calcified clubs strike with bullet force, exploding snail shells with cavitation bubbles" That has to be my fave line :D
Forum: Mantis Shrimp 01/05/2008, 03:35 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,339
Posted By justinl
congrats on the successful molt! interestingly,...

congrats on the successful molt! interestingly, my new peacock just had a molt on new years too. im keeping the rapt that i found... i think ill keep all the rapts i find from now on just to keep...
Forum: Mantis Shrimp 01/05/2008, 03:33 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,013
Posted By justinl
even if there is a problem, there isnt much that...

even if there is a problem, there isnt much that you can do about it. just let it ride out. sounds like it feels like molting soon, so you'll find out then. just keep feeding and if you're...
Forum: Mantis Shrimp 01/05/2008, 03:30 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 958
Posted By justinl
cool, I would wear a necklace of my molted O....

cool, I would wear a necklace of my molted O. scyllarus rapts... hmmm.

nano mania, unfortunately stomatopoda lost the title of fastest feeding strike to some stupid trap jaw ant... cool in their...
Forum: Mantis Shrimp 01/03/2008, 05:27 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,714
Posted By justinl
ive always wondered the same thing. so thx from...

ive always wondered the same thing. so thx from me too! one thing missing from the diagram that we use a lot is the meral spot... but i think most of us know what that is by now. sticky?
Forum: Mantis Shrimp 01/01/2008, 06:47 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 3,671
Posted By justinl
ow. i can only imagine a strike from a big...

ow. i can only imagine a strike from a big lysiosquillina. well... Happy New Year doc!
Forum: Mantis Shrimp 12/25/2007, 04:43 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,654
Posted By justinl
if you dont see the leopard spotting, you dont...

if you dont see the leopard spotting, you dont have any peacocks there. the first might be G. graphurus or glabrous, the second sounds like G. chiragra, but those are tentative IDs. Im reluctant to...
Forum: Mantis Shrimp 12/22/2007, 01:07 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 596
Posted By justinl
ich is a fish parasite, so no a mantis cannot be...

ich is a fish parasite, so no a mantis cannot be infected with it. however, ich usually means something is off in your water quality which would lead to ich as well as a slew of other bad things. i...
Forum: Mantis Shrimp 12/17/2007, 03:41 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 936
Posted By justinl
tebmsu97, no the door isnt really a necessary...

tebmsu97, no the door isnt really a necessary step. the only reason i cut the door in, was to make the trap reuseable. as you can tell from lexxx's experience, it works the same, door or not.
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Forum: Mantis Shrimp 12/17/2007, 05:38 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 672
Posted By justinl
i dont think it's any problem. Unless im...

i dont think it's any problem. Unless im mistaken, i recall Dr. Roy saying that he has observed O. scyllarus living in areas with ripping fast current. just so long as the flow isn't pointed right...
Forum: Mantis Shrimp 12/17/2007, 05:35 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 936
Posted By justinl
congrats! im glad it worked so well for you too...

congrats! im glad it worked so well for you too :) 15 minutes! wow, that has to be some kind of record.
Forum: Mantis Shrimp 12/16/2007, 03:19 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 737
Posted By justinl
where in canada are you? i dont think it's worth...

where in canada are you? i dont think it's worth it to ship cross the border. if you're in western canada, try J&L aquatics, ocean aquatics or hidden reef. those are the top 3 stores in BC and are...
Forum: Mantis Shrimp 12/16/2007, 02:01 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 737
Posted By justinl
check out tampabaysaltwater.com. TBS ships great...

check out tampabaysaltwater.com. TBS ships great and the mantids they sell are almost bulletproof as far as hardiness goes. the nice thing is that they only ever get one species of mantis (N....
Forum: Mantis Shrimp 12/16/2007, 01:56 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 464
Posted By justinl
sure, add it all together. should be okay. ...

sure, add it all together. should be okay.

one thing though: a large peacock can break a glass tank, so if yours is glass, then now would be a good time to cover the bottom pane with strips of...
Forum: Mantis Shrimp 12/16/2007, 12:38 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 464
Posted By justinl
once the tank is cycled (with LR), you can add...

once the tank is cycled (with LR), you can add almost any mantis right away. there are a couple exceptions for the really sensitive mantids like O. havanensis, but most mantids are really resilient....
Forum: Mantis Shrimp 12/16/2007, 02:28 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 539
Posted By justinl
just because i suddenly have too much time on my...

just because i suddenly have too much time on my hands, i made my own mantis trap thread. here. so now we can stop referring to seahorse and tonmo.
Forum: Mantis Shrimp 12/16/2007, 02:26 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 936
Posted By justinl
hunting a stomatopod

Okay, first of all, don't kill it. There are quite a few people out there who would gladly relieve you of your “pest”. see the sticky "shipping a stomatopod". By far the most likely hitch hiking...
Forum: Mantis Shrimp 12/14/2007, 05:48 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 464
Posted By justinl
Yeah i basically agree with the above. N....

Yeah i basically agree with the above. N. wennerae, G. smithii and G. ternatensis can basically be treated the same and are great choices in a 12gal. I have a G. smitii (8 gal reef) and an O....
Forum: Mantis Shrimp 12/13/2007, 06:44 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 488
Posted By justinl
nice lil set up, ive always loved the look of the...

nice lil set up, ive always loved the look of the black sand. only thing i have to say against it is that glass thermometer. mantids seem to love smashing those glass thingybobs and the lead balls...
Forum: Mantis Shrimp 12/11/2007, 06:36 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 688
Posted By justinl
a 29 gal cube would be fine for a peacock. you...

a 29 gal cube would be fine for a peacock. you dont need to feed it more than once every two days. they are not picky at all, so pick a variety of frozen food- three is a good number- and cycle...
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