MANTIS SHRIMP

eddy · #1 02-20-2005, 03:44 PM

Any one have a picture of a mantis shrimp ( I hope that's the right spelling). The ones that make the clicking noise at night.

Coldwater · #2 02-20-2005, 04:36 PM

Matt

Coldwater · #3 02-20-2005, 04:37 PM

Yay my first pics work!

Matt

Aquattro · #4 02-20-2005, 05:25 PM

http://www.blueboard.com/mantis/pics.htm

eddy · #5 02-20-2005, 09:09 PM

thanks, ugly little bastards arn't they. I believe he may have killed two of my clown fish.

Aquattro · #6 02-20-2005, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by eddy

thanks, ugly little bastards arn't they.

hmm, I always thought they were one of the nicest looking creatures I've seen in the hobby. A large peacock mantis is just stunning! They will of course kill naything they can get at, but certainly not ugly!

Willow · #7 02-20-2005, 10:47 PM

they look like little lobsters.

G1GY · #8 02-20-2005, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by reef_raf

A large peacock mantis is just stunning!

I'll second that!

If I came across a Peacock mantis, I'd have to set up a tank to suit it.

Bryan · #9 02-21-2005, 12:05 AM

Nature's perfect killing machine....

BCWolfen · #10 02-21-2005, 02:16 AM

Just a thought about keepinga Mantis. If you had a large display tank and added a smaller (say 33Gal) to kepe some Mantis in. Could you run plumbing (overflow) between the 2 as to share the sump etc etc. Or would the Mantis (or its young) eventually find a way from one tank to the next through the piping....?