geffhardy2
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OK GUYS I HAVE BEEN AWAY FOR A LONG TIME AND I MUST SAY I'M TOTALLY EXCITED ABOUT BEING BACK. JUST SEEING THE REEF CENTRAL MANTIS FORUM BRINGS BACK FUN TIMES OF WHEN I FIRST VISITED THE SITE. ANYWAY I'M HERE BECAUSE HOPEFULLY IN 2 WEEKS I WILL HAVE MY 3RD MANTIS . HERE IS HOW I GOT TO THIS POINT. I GOT INTO SALTWATER BECAUSE OF THE INVERTS. MY FIRST TANK WAS A 20L AND AT MAX I HAD ABOUT 30 DIFFERENT INVERTS ALL LIVING PEACEFULLY. LOADED THE TANK WITH ROCK 100'S OF PLACES TO HIDE. I HAD UP TO 3 PISTAL SHRIMP AND 2 GOBIES AT A TIME. GOT KIND OF TIRED OF THE SAME INVERTS COMING INTO THE SHOP EVERY WEEK. MY BROTHER TOLD ME ABOUT REEF CENTRAL AND MY MANTIS JOURNEY BEGAN. I CAME ACROSS THE MANTIS SECTION AND I WAS BLOWN AWAY. I LOVED THE MANTIS SHRIMP BUT OF COURSE I NEVER SEEN ONE IN PERSON. I GO TO DIFFERENT PET SHOPS MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK AND FOR YEARS AND YEARS BUT NEVER SEEN A MANTIS IN REAL LIFE. ONE DAY I WENT TO GET SOME RO WATER AND THEIR WERE TWO CRICKET CAGES IN THE STORES MAIN TANK. WHEN I LOOK IN THE CRICKET CAGE I SAID OMG ITS A MANTIS WHAT DO I DO. I AM BAD WHEN IT COMES TO IMPULSE BUYING. BUT FROM THE LITTLE RESEARCH I DID ON MANTIS SHRIMP I KNEW THIS IT NOT A ANIMAL TO IMPULSE BUY AND 2ND OFF I WAS SCARED OF THE THING THINKING IT WOULD SMASH MY HAND OFF OR JUMP OUT MY TANK AT NIGHT AND EAT ME. CAN BE SCARY THING BUYING YOUR FIRST MANTIS. SO I WENT HOME DID 10 HOURS OF RESEARCH AND CHECKED THE ROYS LIST. I KNEW ONE OF THE STORES MANTIS WAS A PEACOCK. I IDENTIFIED THE OTHER AS A Pseudosquilla ciliata(BECAUSE OF THE CHECKED PATTERN ON THE EYES) I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO BUY THE Pseudosquilla ciliata BECAUSE SOME ONE TOOK THE PEACOCK AND I HAD TO HAVE HIM. TO MAKE A LONG STORY A LITTLE SHORTER I GOT HIM HOME AND AFTER ABOUT 24 MY OUTLOOK ON THE MANTIS SHRIMP 100% CHANGED AS I REALIZED THEIR NOT MONSTERS BUT JUST MISUNDERSTOOD. HERE IS A PIC OF MY Pseudosquilla ciliata(MR.MANTIS)HE WAS ABOUT 3 INCH. I THINK A Pseudosquilla ciliata IS THE PERFECT MANTIS FOR ANYONE JUST STARTING OUT.
HE LIVED FOR A PRETTY GOOD TIME. MOLTED AND EVEN CHANGED COLORS TWICE WHICH WAS PRETTY COOL. HE PASSED AWAY DURING A MOLT.
ABOUT 6 MONTHS LATER I GO TO ANOTHER PET SHOP AND THEIR AGAIN WAS A MANTIS IN CRICKET CAGE. BUT THIS TIME HE WAS NOT A FANCY BIG BOY BUT A (LITTLE GREEN MANTIS)Gonodactylaceus falcatus NOT WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR IN MY 2ND MANTIS. BUT AFTER HEARING HOW THE KID IN THE STORE SAYING HE HATES HIM AND WAS GOING TO TRY TO KILL HIM I SAID I WILL JUST TAKE HIM. HERE IS A PIC OF THE LITTLE GUY IN THE BAG AND AFTER HE SMASHED HIMSELF A NICE LITTLE HOLE.
EVEN THOUGH HE WAS NOT THE MANTIS I WAS LOOKING FOR ONCE I HAD HIM I BEGAN TO LOVE HIM AND HE WAS THE COOLEST LITTLE MANTIS EVER. I LIKED THE WAY HE COVERED HIS BURROW UP AT NIGHT DIFFERENT FROM MY Pseudosquilla ciliata. IT ALSO WAS GOOD FOR ME TO DEAL WITH A SMASHER FOR THE FIRST TIME NOT BAD. I WAS ALREADY USED TO THE THE NOISE FROM MY PISTALS. AFTER ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF HE PASSED AWAY AS WELL.
MY 20GAL JUST CAME OPEN AND I AM GOING TO GET MY 3RD MANTIS. ANY IDEAS ON A GOOD MANTIS FOR A 20GAL HIGH. I REALLY WANT TO GET A COLORFUL PLAYFUL GUY THIS TIME. ALSO ANY CREDIBLE PLACES ONLINE TO ORDER. PLEASE HELP!
HE LIVED FOR A PRETTY GOOD TIME. MOLTED AND EVEN CHANGED COLORS TWICE WHICH WAS PRETTY COOL. HE PASSED AWAY DURING A MOLT.
ABOUT 6 MONTHS LATER I GO TO ANOTHER PET SHOP AND THEIR AGAIN WAS A MANTIS IN CRICKET CAGE. BUT THIS TIME HE WAS NOT A FANCY BIG BOY BUT A (LITTLE GREEN MANTIS)Gonodactylaceus falcatus NOT WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR IN MY 2ND MANTIS. BUT AFTER HEARING HOW THE KID IN THE STORE SAYING HE HATES HIM AND WAS GOING TO TRY TO KILL HIM I SAID I WILL JUST TAKE HIM. HERE IS A PIC OF THE LITTLE GUY IN THE BAG AND AFTER HE SMASHED HIMSELF A NICE LITTLE HOLE.
EVEN THOUGH HE WAS NOT THE MANTIS I WAS LOOKING FOR ONCE I HAD HIM I BEGAN TO LOVE HIM AND HE WAS THE COOLEST LITTLE MANTIS EVER. I LIKED THE WAY HE COVERED HIS BURROW UP AT NIGHT DIFFERENT FROM MY Pseudosquilla ciliata. IT ALSO WAS GOOD FOR ME TO DEAL WITH A SMASHER FOR THE FIRST TIME NOT BAD. I WAS ALREADY USED TO THE THE NOISE FROM MY PISTALS. AFTER ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF HE PASSED AWAY AS WELL.
MY 20GAL JUST CAME OPEN AND I AM GOING TO GET MY 3RD MANTIS. ANY IDEAS ON A GOOD MANTIS FOR A 20GAL HIGH. I REALLY WANT TO GET A COLORFUL PLAYFUL GUY THIS TIME. ALSO ANY CREDIBLE PLACES ONLINE TO ORDER. PLEASE HELP!
