Triplemom's 14 Biocube mantis tank! What???

Wenneraes are cool...but they're dirt cheap (bought mine as an "assorted hermit crab") and can be found anywhere. Even though they are really active and pretty.

An update on the tank, I've got an awesome cave looking thing going. I hope he likes it. And I picked up 3 chromis at the LFS today. I figured the tank could handle them because they are SMALL chromis. Probably 0.75" long each. So their bioload is about the size of a fart in the air conditioning. Hopefully with weekly 2 gallon water changes, the 7+ pounds of fully established live rock, and the bioballs in the back, this tank should handle things pretty darn well.

And steve, the canister filter is a good idea. Because the biocube stand we have has 2 large holes in the back of it, so those would be perfect to run the tubing for a canister. If we need one, I'm sure we could find a small one that would be ideal for us.

And the sand in this tank is pretty cool. Definitely not as chunky like our other sand in our other tanks. It's dead sand though, so we don't have to worry about die off or anything. Which is a very good thing if we're adding a mantis 36 hours after the tank is started

 

very cool!

 

awesome.. My bet is Jwin tries to take this one over slyly..

 

I love doing this.. to this day.. and Im supposed to act like a grown up.. ;D;D;D

 

o.scyllarus is top of my list also but it will be a few years before i set up for 1 of them and just now i would love a smithii or wennerae

 

Tank looks really great. Aquascape looks like fun for a mantis

 

I think he already has!

I've never met a guy who acted like a grown up. ;D

Thanks, Stepho!

Waiting on the FedEx man......

 

He's here!!!!!! The dripping has begun. ;D

 

ooooh the excitement of a new addition. lol. very cool rhonda. i look forward to pics and progress. picked out a name yet? and happy early bday.