any australian keeping mantis here yet?
- Thread starter ISFRAEL
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Gday mate. Nice to see some more aussies on the various boards !
There are a few people on the MASA (Marine Aquarium Societies of Australia) forums, top site might I say, that talk about mantis rights and how people shouldn't just kill them. I'm not sure if they keep them though.
Cruise on over to www.masa.asn.au, and if your not a member join up, then go on to the boards and do a search or just add a post on keeping mantis shrimp and you'll find out.
I dont have any mantis' in my reef tanks and touch wood neva will but i have a few cool little pistol shrimp though. I have been thinking about getting a nice colorful mantis and setting up a mantis nano. Might do that soon
Cheers Fishobob
There are a few people on the MASA (Marine Aquarium Societies of Australia) forums, top site might I say, that talk about mantis rights and how people shouldn't just kill them. I'm not sure if they keep them though.
Cruise on over to www.masa.asn.au, and if your not a member join up, then go on to the boards and do a search or just add a post on keeping mantis shrimp and you'll find out.
I dont have any mantis' in my reef tanks and touch wood neva will but i have a few cool little pistol shrimp though. I have been thinking about getting a nice colorful mantis and setting up a mantis nano. Might do that soon
Cheers Fishobob
Gonodactylus
Premium Member
James,
I doubt that it was osculans. This species is now in the genus Austrosquilla and is reported from Victoria and Bass Strait, South Australia and Western Australia. It is not known, to my knowledge, from the York Peninsula. In fact, this entire genus seems to like cool water. A. tsangi occurs from Southern Queensland south, but that is about it. The most common Nannosquillidae that I have collected from North Queesland are Pullosquilla litoralis and P. thomassini. Both are small and rarely get more than 18 mm. Alachosquilla vicina gets up to 35 mm and is very common in this area.
Roy
I doubt that it was osculans. This species is now in the genus Austrosquilla and is reported from Victoria and Bass Strait, South Australia and Western Australia. It is not known, to my knowledge, from the York Peninsula. In fact, this entire genus seems to like cool water. A. tsangi occurs from Southern Queensland south, but that is about it. The most common Nannosquillidae that I have collected from North Queesland are Pullosquilla litoralis and P. thomassini. Both are small and rarely get more than 18 mm. Alachosquilla vicina gets up to 35 mm and is very common in this area.
Roy
DreamScape
New member
yup. Got 3.
2 N.Wennerae, i think, looks like Nigels' ones
and something smaller that i haven't id'd.
I remember you on the board erlier too.
2 N.Wennerae, i think, looks like Nigels' ones
and something smaller that i haven't id'd.
I remember you on the board erlier too.
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Gonodactylus
Premium Member
They are probably not Neogonodactylus wennerae. This genus only occurs in the Americas and I doubt that LR can be shipped to Australia from Florida.
Roy
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