Looking for mantis nor cal

[Patio]

Hello-
I am looking for a small 1.5-2.5 inch mantis. First choice H. Wenn and Peacock.

Thanks
Pat

 

[Crawling68]

If you want small, you dont want a peacock.

 

[Patio]

Thank you for telling me what I want and dont want... JK
I have a 2.7 and am seting up a 7.5 so a small peakock could work for me. H Wenn is what I really want.

Thanks

 

[Fuegofish777]

A 7.5 gallon? believe me i've had a peacock and it grew a lot faster than anticipated, you would be safer not getting a peacock for a tank that size. also, i could be wrong but isnt it N. Wenn? just checking... TBS saltwater sells N. Wenn

 

[Gonodactylus]

Actually, you are both wrong, it is Neogonodactylus wennerae. It is a gonodactylid, however, not a Haptosquillid (Protosquillid). Tampa Bay does sell does sell N. wennerae. I just received a shipment of a couple dozen adults including several nice orange females. Several have alrealy laid eggs.

It is extremely rare that an Odontodactylus scyllarus show up under 2 inches. They settle out of the plankton at about 1.5 inches and don't have good coloration until after a couple molts. At this size they are very difficult to find and collectors are not likely to see them - and even if they do, they probably won't bother collecting them. At 2-2.5 inches, O. s. do grow very quickly and I agree, this is probably not a good choce for a 7 gallon tank unless you are prepared to move it in four to six months. I would never deem to tell you what you want, but I will tell you what you are unlikely to find and what may not be suitable for the conditions you propose to house the animal in.

There are quite a few stomatopods in the 2 inch range coming into the Bay Area right now. Last week in the East Bay I saw several H. stoliura, G. viridis, G. chriagra, G. smithii and P. ciliata all in that size range. The last I heard, a couple of the G. smithii were still in Berkeley.


Roy

 

[Patio]

Roy-

Your the man. What would be the best way to get my hands on one of those smaller stomatopods? I looked at the G. Smithii and liked it.

 

[Codeman00]

I like the smithi too, but it seems impossible to get one unless you are just plain lucky.

 

[Patio]

got one thanks

 

[Codeman00]

Where did you get it? A local LFS? Care to share any pictures?

 

[Patio]

I got him at lfs i think fotr 20 or 25 bucks

 

[Codeman00]

Thats a great find. I want a smithii...I will probably never be able to get one though since I don't live in California. If anyone that knows where I can get one, please let me know.

 

[Patio]

I might have 100 babies on the front glass. I cant mag float without killing. still waiting for Roy to send some pics of new borns. The only reason i think they are babies is the way they move. They do a u-turn just like adults and there shape is almost identical, just so small.

 

[Codeman00]

Wow...I wonder if they will start killing each other?

 

[Patio]

They are only the size of a small pod so i dont want to jump to any conclusions. I would like to see some pics but cant google up anything

 

[psychodave]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7116568#post7116568 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Codeman00
Thats a great find. I want a smithii...I will probably never be able to get one though since I don't live in California. If anyone that knows where I can get one, please let me know.

wrong quote, sorry

 

[psychodave]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7101134#post7101134 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Patio
I got him at lfs i think fotr 20 or 25 bucks

what was the name of the LFS you got it at, did you see anymore?

 

[Codeman00]

And do they ship?!?!

 

[Patio]

octopus garden or something in berkeley
i dont know if they ship

 

[psychodave]

cool, just checked with them, they dont have any in right now and I forgot to see if they ship...

 

[Gonodactylus]

Atlantis Aquarium in Fremont had a nice small Odontodactylus scyllarus this afternoon.

Roy