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Old 12/05/2007, 02:07 PM
ck1 ck1 is offline
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Location: Zeeland, MI
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I have an Eclipse 12 that I did some mods on the be more efficient for saltwater.
I don't have a mantis in that tank- but I plan on keeping that tank cycled and ready in case I find another smaller species mantis that I want to buy. I would not hesitate to put a suitable mantis in there. The acrylic seems to scratch pretty easy- so you have to be careful about that when cleaning. But my 5 others tanks are glass- so it may just be acrylic in general that I do not prefer.
But I would love to get a g. smithii, or n. wennerai to put in there. Once we get the livestock moved over to our 20 gallon- I will keep it running and ready- just in case.
I have a male g. ternatensis in another nano- and they are awesome critters. I love to watch how they feed, swim/move, how they observe everything- their eyestalks are amazing. And the colors are so interesting! It is too bad that mantis have some of the bad rep that they do because they are so interesting!

Julie