Biocube29 from mantis tank to Clown heaven

[Polscot]

i made a call today to red coral on a whim, and asked if by chance they found any mantis shrimp hh, turns out they had one, a black one with reddish tail, i jumped on it when i got him home and under proper lighting i realised how gorgeous he really is, i think hes a smithii (if anyone can tell me positive ID great)

NE ways heres some pics of him getting ready to be put in the tank, ill take more pics tonight


in the bag

you can see some of the colors




not super clear but hes looking up so u can see the green/orange spots on his raptoral arms


let me know what u think

[AHHope]

im happy you found a mantis. that guy there is a Gonodactylaceus ternatensis. Quite suited for an aquarium but they get over 10cm so you will have to upgrade in the future. Good luck with the mantis.

[Greenmaster]

He looks awesome. I want one lol

[Polscot]

right on, thanx andrew for the ID, when he gets too big ill come down and get a 30g cube untill then ill keep posting my progress with him, still dont know a name,

[Polscot]

so far he is about 2 inchest long, real small, the gorilla crabs are bigger, a toonie for the larger and a loonie for the smaller (including legs) will he be alright i know later on he'll ear them but i dont want them to hurt hm at this stage in the game

[Polscot]

the macro algae i got is starting to grow like a weed so thats good maybe ill sell some :P the mantis is real timid so far so hes very hard to get shots of, hes almost wipped out my cleaning crew of 10 hermits lol so ill have to buy more, once he gets bigger and comes out more it'll be easier to get more pics, so untill then heres some shots of the crab, and my turbo snail "cooter"




"cooter"


the "one armed bandit" eating some scallop

[Greenmaster]

I love the pics most posts are like one pic every 2 months... keep em coming, I like the bandit.