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Mantis Shrimp is back!
About 3 months ago I discovered a mantis shrimp living in a piece of live rock. After pulling out the rock and trying a freshwater dip, and soda waterfall he didn't come out. I put the rock back in and didn't see or hear from him for weeks so I assumed he was dead (not my intention) .
Last week I noticed a piec of snail flesh floating around, I didn't give it much thought since my hermit crabs are dicks, but today I see two black googley eyes peering out at me from a hole in his rock. At this point I have some sps that have encrusted on to the rock so pulling it out and a dipping isn't really an option anymore. I am tempted to just leave it in the rock, I don't mind if it kills an occasional snail, I am just not sure if it will grow or not and start to kill everything. It is about 3" long and all dark grey/black are there any stomatopod experts out there? |
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I tried the fresh water dip again, he went to the bottom of the rock and when I shook it he fell off. He is alive and well in a bucket with some rubble and a bubbler.
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COOL!
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Rishu_pepper picked her up today and took her to her new home, hopefully he posts some photos once she gets established.
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Since it went into the tank it's been hidden in the rocks. Typical mantis shrimp I'll post some pics when I see the little guy.
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Thanks for taking it, part of me really didn't want to give away such a cool little creature!
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How did it end up doing in your tank?
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