Lets see them- FMTS

[justinl]

as a fellow student, I know how you feel gemini. I obtained all of my coral from local reefers and i found it to be much cheaper than if i had gone through my lfs. so that's a possibility for ya.

corals are good and all, but the first thing i would do in your tank is add more rock. the rock adds structure to the tank and to me, that's half the "reef." it also allows you to hide the equipment if you do the rockwork right. personally, i find myself messing with rockwork a lot more than coral placement.

but other than that, I would say that there's nothing wrong with your tank really. I too am a fan of the whole natural look.

[Agu]

Fuge that turned into a home for my n wennerae..........

[G.SMITHII]

thats an illy fuge.

lil guys gotta watch his step though

[G.SMITHII]

just some new shots of my fav corals.





and a new FTS


also im fraggin out a bunch of stuff this weekend, specifically these fast growing pink palys.

i dont want them takin out those uber sweet oranges.

who lives in the big CO!

[lillurker]

Oh, I can't wait to get my digital camera. I wanna show off too!!! I just got done rearranging my L/R. I made a great cave for Carnage. Maybe, I'll buy a camera this weekend.
Great looking pics also. Its real nice to see how far one can go with a mantis tank.

[NorthernReef]

Here's my humble beginnings... 10g with N.Wennerae named "Peek" and "Zelda" the damsel.


"Peeking" at me from the front entrance to "Mantis Mountain"


This was the first morning after adding the Toadstool and Kenya Tree... they are looking much better now.

[G.SMITHII]

is all that stuff on mantis mtn aptasia!?!

get a peppermint shrimp, he'll eat all those lil nasties, and possibly become a meal for the mantis!


but thats a tight set up man. concrats! Stomatopods Rule!!

[helipilot]

very, very nice. Beautiful set-up.

[ck1]

Northern Reef-
nice looking mantis with a good tank set-up. Where you able to buy your mantis from a LFS or did you have to have it shipped to you?

[NorthernReef]

G. Smithii - You know... I've been trying for months to get a positive ID on what those little buggers are. Consensus says some sort of paly. Either way, don't seem to be hurting anything and they add something to look at until I'm able to fill up with other corals.

ck1 - No, I ordered mine from TampaBaySaltwater at the same time I ordered some LR for a different tank. I'm pretty sure that I have another mantis in that tank now, too. Hitchhiked in on the rock. I've never seen it, but it's causing mass destruction in the tank and I can hear it, too! That one has already had about 2 dozen each of snails and hermits and 2 Fire Shrimp, Cleaner shrimp, emerald crab, porcelain crab and decorator crab. Haven't been able to trap him yet, though. Too well fed to fall for it, I'd guess!

[Lehman]

Looks like majano/aiptasia of some sort. I dont think its really harmful except for the fact that it can take over your live rock really quickly and is a bit hard to get rid of if u decide u want to get rid of it to make space for corals.

Why we are on the subject of corals what do you guys use to secure them down? I got 4 ricordea sitting in seashells on the bottom of my sand but id love to secure them to my LR somehow. I superglue them to my seashell out of the tank but they are so hard to keep ahold of and superglue them down underwater.

[Pea-brain]

Northernreef-those look like palys to me.

Dan

[DanInSD]

I am nearly certain that they are majano anemones. Not nearly as "sting-y" as aiptasia, nor as prolific. However, you've got lots of 'em, just keep a look out, they can hurt corals. "Joe's Juice" works wonders and IME is mantis-safe.

[Angel7989]

this is my O.S. home, her name is Circe.
i am going to be putting more corals in and possibly more live rock.

she seems to have made friends with my maroon clown, but i'm not too sure its friendship that she's interested in.....

and this is Circe

[dismalorb]

Here's the full-tank shot of my 40 gallon AGA "Breeder" O. havanensis tank, with a male and a female living happily together.

[G.SMITHII]

rock on!

hey angel, how long have you had that clown?

[Giga]

here's my 2.5 where my N Wennerae lives

[Angel7989]

Cool little tank giga.
I've had the Clown in there for little over a week now Circe doesn't care that its there at all, although she seems to be that way to everything right now unless it enters her tube then she will give it a good wailing

[G.SMITHII]

hes just letting it get comfortable.

i bet as soon as it doesnt flinch, hell be a goner

[lillurker]

Here's mine, finally got the camera.

Thats the gianormous hermit crab I have. He's twice the size of carnage, who is on the right by the way.

[lillurker]

Forgot a couple

Goliath has got another hermit crab hitchin a ride in this one

[DaMonkey]

Nice pics! The last one is awesome!

[Gangsta Nemo]

All very nice setups! Dismalorb very cool ,I also use macroalgaes in my mantis tanks. What else do you have for filtration? Do you supplement anything? Will post pics soon.

[surfnvb7]

here is my 7g minibow

it actually held 2 small mantis shrimp for about 6 months.

there was a 1" green mantis, no idea on the species, but he bailed and i found him on the carpet a month ago.

then there is a 1.5" smithii in there, a lucky find as a hitch hiker at a LFS.



lives in this cave, usually blocks the entrance with a shell.





i can see you......



full tank shots






i consider this tank my "weed" tank. it has some mushrooms, lots of majano's and rock anemones in there. and i let the caulerpa algae just do what it wants and grow.

this little mantis is kinda boring actually, he NEVER comes out of his little burrow. i never get to see his colors, and he never interacts with anything in the tank.

sometimes he'll come out just enough to grab a piece of food that passes by, but has never attacked a snail/hermit/crab/urchin. so kinda boring mantis.

would much rather have something bigger and more aggressive.

[Angel7989]

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