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hurley
03-13-2008, 05:38 PM
seeing if there would be any interest in this guy, im thinking i want a more fish/reef tank so this guy would have to go. He is the most active mantis i have ever seen, from 8 am till 8pm he is out and about exploring my tank.
Looking for $30
hes about 3" long
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/2118/dscn3445dm2.jpg
Floop70
03-14-2008, 02:44 AM
Is this one of the kind that I would have to worry about breaking a glass tank? I've got a 5 gallon Hagen Waterhome.
hurley
03-14-2008, 03:12 AM
no this guy cant break glass
Puff
03-14-2008, 05:49 AM
oh man. if only i had my new tank set up and you werent located in calgary!! im after a G. Smithii for my new tank (as an inhabitant, not as a centrepiece)
hurley
03-16-2008, 05:16 PM
still available
michika
03-16-2008, 05:59 PM
Can you tell me a bit more about his behavior and personality please? I know you mentioned he is out and about a lot. What kind of feeding does he expect etc.? Did you name him?
hurley
03-16-2008, 06:08 PM
in my tank he has a cave hed always go to and close up with rock rubble at night. during the day he just climbs around on the rocks, doesnt hide when you walk by the tank or anything. he has lived with clown fish and damsels. he seems to like to eat nassurus snails and small hermits, I never fed him frozen food, and i always had about 5 snails in the tank with him. never really named him though
michika
03-16-2008, 06:49 PM
How often was he fed, and did you just feed him snails and hermits?
hurley
03-16-2008, 07:07 PM
just hermits and snails, and they were always in the tank
michika
03-16-2008, 07:08 PM
Sorry, I will have to pass, I don't want to feed hermits and snails. Good luck though finding him a nice new home.
danlee78
03-18-2008, 09:59 PM
what colour is his outer shell, legs?
hurley
03-18-2008, 10:58 PM
mostly green with red stripes, his arms are redish pink, and his face has lots of greens blues and purples
danlee78
03-19-2008, 12:04 AM
i have a mantis as well, but he's not that active...maybe take him back and get yours...is yours a peacock? i want a real peacock mantis~
Puff
03-19-2008, 12:40 AM
what colour are its meral spots? that would help give you a more concrete ID.

post up on Stomatopod.com. they are amazing at IDing all kinds of mantids