Better pictures of my mantis!

[Coldwater]

Here they are for all of your enjoyment :razz: .

This one is the threat display when its mad.

http://www.grimreefers.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11172/normal_Picture%20063.jpg

Full body shot.

http://www.grimreefers.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11172/normal_Picture%20061.jpg

Checking out the camera.

http://www.grimreefers.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11172/normal_Picture%20062.jpg

Hope ya like them :biggrin: .

Matt

[medican]

cool..... :cool:

[Aquattro]

great pics!!

[Invigor]

whoa cool, i never knew how colorful they were!

[Beverly]

Beautiful colours :cool:

[Delphinus]

Very cool! :cool:

[Raf]

very nice! Are they difficult to keep? Do they need a tank of their own? What size will do?

Cheers

Raf

[StirCrazy]

very nice! Are they difficult to keep?
Raf

yes and no




Do they need a tank of their own?
Raf

only if you like your snails, fish and other critters


What size will do?
Raf

any. colorfull ones are hard to get more common is green

Steve

[digitalsteve]

hmmm the moray guy, are you on grimreefers as well? that penis shaped thing in your tank looks familiar....

[Coldwater]

I will back up StirCrazys answers. You almost have to shoot them with a super-duper-high-powered-commando-rifle to kill them. :razz: . Unless you get a really sensative one. Do they need a tank of their own? I couldn't have put it any better than StirCrazy. What size will do? If you are meaning tank sizes small guys (3") can live in a 5 gallon. The larger ones like the Pecock Mantis (7") need a 20 gallon. GrimReefers is a great place. They eve have their own Mantis shrimp thread.

http://www.grimreefers.com/

They have some links on their website too. They are really neat little guys. They watch you as much as you watch them. Hope that helps.

Matt

Edited: DigitalSteve I just saw your post, ya I am on there. Um I can explain the thing..... :lol:

[digitalsteve]

sure you can ...... :lol:

i am not here to judge.


its nice to see another local though on grim . everyone there seems to reside in the US

[Azilla]

That the one i sold to u moray?????

[bulletsworld]

Wow, very cool pix's! :mrgreen: Thanks for sharing!

I am always fascinated with these creatures and hope to one day find one. Maybe in my travels to Vancouver. :mrgreen:

[Coldwater]

Thanks for all the feed back. Ya its the one you sold me Azilla. :biggrin: Its an evil bugger.

Matt

[justinl]

Beautiful mantis! I love the colours. do you know what species it is?

as for keeping a mantis in its own tank... if you keep it well fed, it probably wont bother chasing down anything hard to catch. Also a larger tank volume will help with the survival of your clean up crew/others. Oh, and smashers don't usually bother going after fish especially if they're fast like a damsel.