mantis caught

actually water just reached 78, hes in his new home with 2 astrea snails. hope they become close friends , or dinner. lol. good thing xmas is over, im sounding naughty.

to all the mantis owners , can i be in your "club"? lol

 

Haha you're in it unofficially Stepho or Inwall or somebody is ruler of the 3reef "Stomatopod Club". Try searching for it, you may be able to join that way.

Tank looks good! As the mantis gets bigger, you can always go out and buy some nice base rock pieces to toss in. it's a pretty little mantis Do you know how to tell its gender? If so, girl or boy?

And for food, frozen mysis and krill is what we feed. The smaller mantis (less than 2 inches) will eat about 1 whole krill a week. We stagger where we feed every other day. Just small pieces of krill or mysis. Bo, our 3" mantis eats about 3 krill a week. One krill per feeding. He's a tad big for mysis. He enjoyed running around grabbing live brine we had as our reef tank's "Christmas dinner" yesterday though

I know you've probably said this before, but how big is your mantis?

 

Divott, your getting karma from me every time I see you post!!!!! Not only did you not freak out about the coolest shrimp on earth hitchhiking into your tank, you actually saved it's life and have a dedicated tank for him. Many people are very ignorant about these fascinating creatures, and try to kill them when they find out they have one, which is just too sad but luckily this guy will live a (hopefully)happy life thanks to you, kudos/karma going your way, :thumb_up:

 

Ah, I just saw that he's 1.5" long. You'll get a feel for how much he'll eat, because they're smart and only eat when they know they're hungry. When they're full from eating, they'll toss out any left overs. That's why it's better to spread out feedings instead of once a week things, it keeps the mess down. I'd start out with going through maybe 1 or less krill per week and see how he does with that.

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Ugh. We're assuming it's a he, but I wanna know the gender

 

thnx tom and jwin. sorry for any ignorance jwin, but no i dont know how to tell the sex. hope i dont have to lift anything up that would cause a sexual harrasssment suit.

 

Haha not quite, but you do need to get a look at the underside if you can If you know where to look, you can normally see if the mantis is male viewing them from their side. What you're looking for is the area directly in front of their little swimmy things. If it's a male, you'll see what looks like 2 little sticks pointing to the ground (when the mantis is standing normally), and they'll make an inward "V" shape. Some people also describe the location as "just behind the last set of normal legs". I'll try to get a picture of Bo's...if he'll let me. Wow, is this legal? So yeah, it's easier to see if they're boys. Basically if you look multiple times and you still don't see signs of boyhood, assume it's a girl.

 

thnmx jwin. sounds kinda creepy and perverted. lol. almost feel like i should be wearin a long trench coat. lol but i will try and get a good long look at it. sheeesh now im creepin myself out.

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At least that's more decent than me trying to get a picture of it

 

Hey gratz on the mantis. He/She looks cute.

 

i havent been able to see the under carriage yet. lol. so i think an appropriate name might be pat. thnx p