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06-16-2009, 09:37 PM
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i keep a g smithii in a 15 gallon in my room. i have a large reef tank but i tend to find myself much more interested in the mantis. they are ridiculusly smart and entertaining i would definitly recommend keeping him in a seperate tank
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06-19-2009, 06:10 AM
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by the colour id say a female chiragra
our larger looks very similar to the one pictured and we keep her in a 32g cube as for tank mates she lives with a scooter bleny, a blue damsel, a chromis a LARGE emerald crab and a couple hermits as she went on a killing spree over the last 2 days our smaller mantis is kept with a snowflake eel and a couple gobbies they are the most clever inverts i have ever encountered and keepind them is a great pleasure only once have i seen either of them fight with a crab and can hand feed the both of them please keep her or find her a good home
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06-16-2009, 09:38 PM
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If I use the 'bottle method' of catching the little bugger
What bait should I use and would he be ok dining on brine shrimp (of which I have lots) or does he really eat only live prey?
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06-16-2009, 09:40 PM
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06-16-2009, 09:52 PM
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And whatever you do dont handle it.
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260g mixed reef, 105g sump, water blaster 7000 return, Bubble King SM 300 skimmer, Aqua Controller Jr, 4 radions, 3 Tunze 6055s,1 tunze 6065, 2 Vortech MP40s, Vortech MP20, Tunze ATO, GHL SA2 doser, 2 TLF reactors (1 carbon, 1 rowa). http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=50034 . Tank Video here http://www.vimeo.com/2304609 and here http://www.vimeo.com/16591694
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06-17-2009, 12:53 AM
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i got a 2" smithii in a 10 gal.
if you can get at the rock hes hiding in, use like a chopstick er somethin to poke him out. thats how i got my guy out.
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06-17-2009, 01:23 AM
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G. chiragra. Yes a 33g would be plenty large, but it will get lost in there and you'll likely never see it. I suggest a 10g, but line the bottom with strips of acrylic... they are one of the hard hitters when they get bigger. tankmates can be just about anything you wouldn't mind losing; fast water column dwelling things stand a better chance. damsels for instance. Also, nothing that might eat the mantis (lions, triggers, puffers, octopus, other mantis shrimp, etc). for removal, i suggest the bottle trap.
http://www.mantisshrimps.co.uk/articles/removal.php
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06-18-2009, 02:52 PM
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Perhaps a dumb question, but what is a "hard hitter"?
Does this animal have the force to take out the floor of the aquarium??
So the bottle trap is set now.....I baited it with raw shrimp (the irony) I happen to have in the freezer. Will that be something it'll go for, and how often should I change the bait if it goes untaken?
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