Pufferpunk
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I'm pretty sure he knows that. He wanted to buy my decorator crab to feed to a mantis.
anybody getting rid of mantis?
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The attitude behind this post is not called for. You obviously have some sort of issue with this user, and I'm going to save you from getting yourself banned over it. Click on the profile link at the top of any one of rogerwells' posts, scroll down to near the bottom of the page, and click on "add rogerwells to your ignore list"
Also notice that I edited your post above. Creative use of symbols and or punctuation to bypass the profanity filters here is frowned upon, and continuing to do so will wind up in your losing posting privileges here.
Why yes, yes we do. AND..... You have gotten yourself banned from the site.
Drop me an email DgenR8@ReefCentral.com when you think you're ready to come back, and we'll discuss it.
rogerwells
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the pom pom is for my 29 gallon tank and the mantis is for my 12...i wouldnt putthe pom pom n the mantis tank....thats 20 dollars down the drain...they are awesome looking crabs..im just getting them at the same time because i dont want to make the drive out to gurnee mills twice
Pufferpunk
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That's great to hear, Roger!
rogerwells
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haha yeah...im going to feed it hermit crabs but those are like a buck...and pom pom crabs are just awesome looking
rogerwells
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yeah there is.....if you dont let it use its smashers then the appendeges will fall off durring its next molt....its kind of like if we didnt use our arms to eat then they just fell off all together....if the mantis isnt allowed to smash, say a hermit crabs shell then the smashers ill be useless and fall off.....now i am going to feed it prepared foods like frozen krill and other stuff like that but once in awhile it needs some live food to eat.
Pufferpunk
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I've been doing some research on them myself & haven't come across that info. I did read that you need to be sure of what species you get, cause some get quite large.
rogerwells
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yeah....well i remember i think dr roy say it in the mantis forums...and he studys them so basicly whatever he says i read it and remember it
rogerwells
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well shrimp and crab...yes for sure...i want to show them both off
Pufferpunk
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Roger, I just saw the Deep Sea show (thanks CMAS!), at the IMAX (Navy Pier). You've gotta see the part where a 10" mantis takes on a big octopus & chases away by punching him! It loooks like you won't have to feed yours live fish, as it can use it's claws to break open mussels etc, that you can get from the produce store.
rogerwells
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oh...well dont tell that to the ten hermits i picked up today....well from time to time i think ill give it something live you know cause its a predator and thats like if you take a t rex and feed it like toefoo or something like that...
Pufferpunk
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I have 7 predatory puffers. 1 of them even hides in the sand up tp her eyeballs, waiting for something to swim/crawl by, so she can ambush it. She eats frozen shrimp. I rarely feed them live food.
rogerwells
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well i dunno man....we already taking these predators out of their natural habitat now we cant even give them the food they want....im sure your puffer gets bored waiting for a live meal and all its getting is dead stuff...i just think if im making it live in a 12 gallon cube the least i can do is give it the food it wants.
