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Old 10/07/2005, 11:40 AM
Gonodactylus Gonodactylus is offline
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Roy's List is here! Identification and care of stomatopods.

Roy's List is finally up and running. Hope you find it useful.

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthrop...raca/royslist/

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Old 10/07/2005, 11:50 AM
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Let me be the first to say Thanks! Dr. Roy
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Old 10/07/2005, 12:34 PM
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Thank you very much!
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Old 10/07/2005, 01:11 PM
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Ive already looked at them all..........I need more tanks.
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Old 10/07/2005, 03:59 PM
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Wow...Roy that is a magnificent page exactly what we needed! Id have to say my favorite from that list is Gonodactylellus caldwelli, I wonder where it got its species name from
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Old 10/07/2005, 06:51 PM
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Awesome! Thanks Doc!
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Old 10/07/2005, 07:06 PM
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Thanks for the all the info!
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Old 10/08/2005, 09:29 AM
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THANK YOU DR ROY!!! I WANT TO COLLECT THEM ALL!!!
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Old 10/08/2005, 12:41 PM
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Dr. Roy, i found a misstake in the Gonodactylaceus graphurus page.

Aquarium substrate: Requires tight-fitting, long narrow cavity, either pvc pipe or in rubble

Suitability for Aquarium: Good; needs stable water parameters; not active but usually can be seen looking out of cavity entrance; use of unusual telson that mimics urchin is interesting

Availability: Rare; occasionally can be specially ordered from collectors in Hawaii; while common at 20–30 m, because of the nature of their cavities, E. guerinii are extremely difficult to collect alive


This ist not for G. graphurus, but E. guerinii

And the Hyperlink in Distinguishing Characters (same page) is broken.

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Old 10/08/2005, 03:32 PM
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Thanks Dr Roy!

Getting a mantis over here in the UK has been a nightmare as even the best stores categorise as Small, Medium and Peacock Hopefully I can now diredt people to your list to get a better idea of what I'm getting.

Cheers,

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Old 10/08/2005, 04:37 PM
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Timmy, mistake is spelled with one "S"

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Old 10/08/2005, 05:27 PM
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Timmy,

When the material was put up, some changes were made to my layout. Obviously a few glitches occurred in the translation. I should have proofed the site before I released the url. Sorry. We will fix it Monday or Tuesday.

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Old 10/08/2005, 05:41 PM
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Quote:
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Timmy, mistake is spelled with one "S"

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Old 10/08/2005, 08:01 PM
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I was being a smart alec for him pointing out an error. I guess I should give up the quick reply button for a few smileys.

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Old 10/09/2005, 01:38 AM
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I was being a smart alec for him pointing out an error. I guess I should give up the quick reply button for a few smileys.

Kim
He's from Germany they spell mistake with two "s" over there. Thats why its a mistake
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Old 10/09/2005, 11:37 PM
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i know its been said before but thank you very much.
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Old 10/10/2005, 10:32 AM
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Roy's List is now fixed (I hope)!

The G. graphurus page is fixed so that it now has the correct information on care and availability. You can also now see the drawing of the carinule.

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Old 10/28/2005, 05:19 AM
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never ending mantis shrimp

I have only had my tank for 6 months and have already had 3 mantis shrimp. They hitch hiked onto my LR. I got rid of the first two and now I can't catch this third one. Why did they appear right after each other and not all at once? I have yet to see the current one but I can sure hear him! I have a couple of clown fish, a yellow tang, a 6 line wrasse,a cleaner shrimp and a blood shrimp. None of them have been affected by the mantis but all of my cleaner crew (snails) have been smashed. I desparetly want to get rid of it! I'm just more curious as to why one keeps appearing after the other?
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Old 10/30/2005, 06:42 PM
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If you catch it, please notify me! I will gladly take it off of your hands.
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Old 11/14/2005, 10:14 PM
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ooo hells no! a chiragra! those are the biggest gonodactylus! right behind peacocks in brute strength! the saying bigger is badder applies to these guys! your guy might even double in size!
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Old 11/29/2005, 03:54 AM
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Chances are that it is a Neogonodactylus wennerae. I have on ethat I keep with fast moving fish, and larger snails. Slow moving and ground dwelling fish may be considered food, bt I have never lost any damsels or faster moving fish with it. Smaller snails and hermit crabs though are looked at as food on the move.
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Old 01/15/2006, 03:22 AM
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woooooow that is an amazing list! beautiful work !
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Old 02/20/2006, 12:42 AM
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wow I have this bookmarked to study. Since I have heard of the horror stories, (busting aquarium glass, severing fingers) I can now read some actual research instead of anecdotal information.
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Old 03/03/2006, 07:39 AM
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Love the list and thanks for all the info.

Also I was wondering, is there any mantis shrimp that you can pair up in a 20g aquarium?
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Old 03/03/2006, 10:14 AM
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I typically don't advise it because of the chance that one will kill the other when they molt. However, small species that are pretty much restricted to cavities such as Haptosquilla and Gonodactylellus can coexist if there are a number of tight fitting cavities in the live rock.

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