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07-08-2005, 05:50 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Homestead, Florida Age: 44
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|  Look what I found in my tank!
I was looking longingly into my tank last night, and right below a toadstool leather, the rock had a hole in it and something was moving just inside. then it came out and I saw its head! OH CRAP! Looks like a baddie. I gave the rock a fresh water dip and this is what it yielded. It must have been there since I first put my tank together because I have added no live rock since. so it must have been very very small and here is what a years yorth of growth looks like. he looks cool, too bad he is destructive. now I know what has been happening to my hermit crabs, and other shrimp, and emerald crab. _________ 90g AGmegaflow, 30g Sump/refug, mag18 recirc, 2 mag 5's in tank JBJ235Watt PC Turboflotor1000 150LR 100LS 17corals Clown,Lawnmower Blenny, Chromis, Anthia, 3 emerald, 1 electric blueleg,3 scarlet crabs.  &&&&Another Great SIG By NAUTILUS | 
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07-08-2005, 05:51 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Homestead, Florida Age: 44
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| Re: Look what I found in my tank!
and some more pics. | |
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07-08-2005, 05:52 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Homestead, Florida Age: 44
Posts: 248
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| Re: Look what I found in my tank!
and a couple more. | |
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07-08-2005, 06:36 PM
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| | Whip-Lash Squid
Join Date: May 2004 Location: PhillySuburbs, Pennsylvania Age: 42
Posts: 2,947
| Re: Look what I found in my tank!
Awwww! It is so pretty! Nice colors!!!!
Sounds like you need to set up a nano species tank!!! 
I bet someone would be willing to buy him off ya _________  I Love My Sig By John Hawkins!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date Started 9/04 58 gallon Oceanic Tank, 20 gal DIY sump/fuge w/ Kent Marine Auto top-off, Air Water Ice RO/DI, 10,000 K 175 W MH, 2 VHO 03's 96W each, AquaC EV 120 Skimmer
80 lbs LR, DSB in FUGE, 1 - 2 " LS in tank
Black Brittle Star, Chevron Tang, Crocea Clam, red & green Lobophyllia, Frogspawn, Porites Frag, Caulastrea Frag, Green Ricordia, Asst. Zoas, hermits, astreas, stomatellas, fighting conch | |
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07-08-2005, 06:56 PM
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| | Vlamingii Tang
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: St. Louis
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| Re: Look what I found in my tank!
OH NO....it's gonna break your glass, split your hands open, and obliterate every critter in your tank.
Just kiddin'. 
It looks like a G. wennerae at first glance. They are pretty much harmless even though they can take out the occassional snail or hermit. (Actually hermits will take out more of each other and your snails than this guy ever will). However, that doesn't match the old wives tales so it doesn't make for exciting tales like, "the bloody hook hanging from the car handle". Old wives tales spread across Internet boards too.
If you have a spare tank, mantis are definately fun, quite intelligent, and rewarding. _________ Curt 
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07-09-2005, 09:19 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
Posts: 6,348
| Re: Look what I found in my tank!
Those pics make me miss my mantis even more  Hopefully, you'll decide to keep it or find someone to take it off your hands. They are one of the most interesting animals I've ever kept! | |
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07-09-2005, 10:58 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
Posts: 3,451
| Re: Look what I found in my tank!
looks nice, i dont know much about them so, lol keep it or not lol...listen to the pros like amcarrig _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
Bulbs:
1 x 54w Fiji Purple T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w Super Actinic Blue T5 HO Flourescent
1 x 54w 14000K AquaBlue 75/25 T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w 10000k AquaSun T5 HO Fluorescent
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100+ lb. Fiji Live Rock
65+ lb. Live sand
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07-11-2005, 10:35 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Aug 2004
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| Re: Look what I found in my tank!
Does JohnO still have his? Its been a while but he had one.
Jay
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Remora skimmers, 440 Watts VHO URI's. Mag canister for carbon. 90 Pounds liverock, 100 pounds live sand DSB, Flame Angel, Coral Beauty, Clown Percula, Royal Gramma, Domino Damsel. Pulsing Xenia, Devils Hand Leather, Frogspawns, Torches, Hammers, Fox Corals, Gorgonias, Various Zoanuthus, Favietes, Toxic Green Star Polyps. Candy Cane corals, Purple Indica. | |
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11-25-2005, 08:05 AM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: chesterfield, VA,Virginia
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i do agree that mantis are quite cool. however when they get large they can break a tank open. abot 15 years ago a friend of mine had a large 1 in a 20gal tank(about 5 inches)he would feed it crayfish, i guess it got mad 1 day and took out the side of the 20 gal tank, i was there when it happened and just before it happened we heard the tell tale snapping sound we always heard when the mantis dined on crayfish. cool creatures, but do respect them, they are not totally harmless. _________ 125 reef, 6 vho,double spinner wet dri,turbo twist 18w uv,custom sea life 1/5 horse chiller,octopus 150 needlewheel skimmer,2 scwds,midwest aquatics sulfur nitrate reactor,jalli 500w titaninum heater,island aquatics calcium reactor,main pump:quiet one 5000,skimmer pump  r 2700 needlewheel,chiller/uv pump:ca 3000.21 moon lights in banks of 3.automatic sump-fill.4 hydor 360 degree flos.1 maxijet modded,1 vortech 3100gph flow pump | |
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11-25-2005, 02:27 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: italy
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okay ya gota tell me how this thing broke a tank open! does it like nibble at the silicone? or are you figuratively speaking?
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55 gallon, prizm HOB skimmer, 48" PC Formosa DX - JG3 2 x day, 2 antic, some powerheads, around 24 pnds LR, 3 clowns, 2 tangs, anenome's. RO water | |
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