I awoke to find my larger O. scyllarus dead (OK, almost dead, he was still twitching). His filter's motor had burned out in the night, no water movement, plus the stress of him picking that day/night to molt...still unsure of the actual cause. His roomate was also dead, 'Fats', the domino damsel.
Thanks in advance for the condolences.
I guess that I will have less of a logistics issue with housing/filling my 2 mantis condos now.
I can't really express how sad I am, since he was definately my most interactive mantis, residing next to my computer (The others are all on shelves across the room), my mascot, really. My cat Perci's favorite mantis, as they would have staring contests. with the mantis finally giving defeat to the 'unbeatable' cat in this (mantis have 6 pupils...a bit of an advatage).
he was the Barry Bonds of mantis, with a streak in the sixties of crabs that never even hit bottom, whacking them out of the park, er, tank...
***Please Read***
On another note, I am going to express and/or reiterate something for new mantis owners, somethng that Dr. Roy has stated several times, regarding tank sizes. I see a lot of posts from people asking just how small a tank they can do for a mantis. Well, going nano is asking for trouble, should something go wrong, period. I kept Dagon in an Eclipse 12, on 'hold' for when I finally cycled the 30 for him that I was making space for... It seems that I was 'getting around to it' for far too long, and my little friend (friends, as the domino was very cool as well) paid the ultimate price. Was the burned out motor my fault/ No, not exactly. However, had I had a larger tank, with a powerhead, for instance (Which is a silly thought on an Eclipse 12), then things might have been different. I'm not sure exactly when they expired in the night, exactly why, but the fact is that the smaller the tank, the closer you have to watch things, and the harder they are to correct in an emergency.
Anyways, I'm off to build some stands for this fleet of unfilled mantis condos that I have, as i don't want any more of my stomatobuddies to go the same way. Thanks for reading this and giving some thought to your little friends.
-Ron
Thanks in advance for the condolences.
I guess that I will have less of a logistics issue with housing/filling my 2 mantis condos now.
I can't really express how sad I am, since he was definately my most interactive mantis, residing next to my computer (The others are all on shelves across the room), my mascot, really. My cat Perci's favorite mantis, as they would have staring contests. with the mantis finally giving defeat to the 'unbeatable' cat in this (mantis have 6 pupils...a bit of an advatage).
he was the Barry Bonds of mantis, with a streak in the sixties of crabs that never even hit bottom, whacking them out of the park, er, tank...
***Please Read***
On another note, I am going to express and/or reiterate something for new mantis owners, somethng that Dr. Roy has stated several times, regarding tank sizes. I see a lot of posts from people asking just how small a tank they can do for a mantis. Well, going nano is asking for trouble, should something go wrong, period. I kept Dagon in an Eclipse 12, on 'hold' for when I finally cycled the 30 for him that I was making space for... It seems that I was 'getting around to it' for far too long, and my little friend (friends, as the domino was very cool as well) paid the ultimate price. Was the burned out motor my fault/ No, not exactly. However, had I had a larger tank, with a powerhead, for instance (Which is a silly thought on an Eclipse 12), then things might have been different. I'm not sure exactly when they expired in the night, exactly why, but the fact is that the smaller the tank, the closer you have to watch things, and the harder they are to correct in an emergency.
Anyways, I'm off to build some stands for this fleet of unfilled mantis condos that I have, as i don't want any more of my stomatobuddies to go the same way. Thanks for reading this and giving some thought to your little friends.
-Ron
