Mantis ID?
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ALittleSalty
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After watching a show last night on Mantis shrimp, I wouldn't put them in a glass tank. They managed to slow down the film to see how they would kill another shrimp for a meal. When they click their claws it sends a high powered stream of bubbles, that knocks their prey out, allowing them to feast. It was really impressive. Yours looks great!!!! Might have to find me one of these marvels of the sea. Jon
Nice, my mantis is in an 8 gal cube on my desk at work too.
As far as a mantis breaking glass, it can happen with a big mantis. The mantis in question is just over an inch long, it could hit away at the glass all day long and not leave a mark.
Here is a vid of my similar mantis, same species and size. The vid is dark due to a burned out ballast, but its funny how fiesty he is, acts like I don't feed him or sumthin:
http://s238.photobucket.com/albums/ff208/jcerdena/?action=view¤t=Neo.flv
Now, my other mantis Thor might be able to break glass, if she was mad and/or motivated enough... I guess:
http://s238.photobucket.com/albums/ff208/jcerdena/?action=view¤t=Thor.flv
Enjoy!
As far as a mantis breaking glass, it can happen with a big mantis. The mantis in question is just over an inch long, it could hit away at the glass all day long and not leave a mark.
Here is a vid of my similar mantis, same species and size. The vid is dark due to a burned out ballast, but its funny how fiesty he is, acts like I don't feed him or sumthin:
http://s238.photobucket.com/albums/ff208/jcerdena/?action=view¤t=Neo.flv
Now, my other mantis Thor might be able to break glass, if she was mad and/or motivated enough... I guess:
http://s238.photobucket.com/albums/ff208/jcerdena/?action=view¤t=Thor.flv
Enjoy!
lol, when I first got my little mantis, he wouldn't eat at all for a week and hid the whole time, it worried the hell out of me because he was so active at the fish store. Actually I don't think he started really accepting food until I added the clown goby to the tank. When the goby was added, the mantis would come out of his cave all of the time and even run out on to the open sand. Now that he has eaten the goby, he is still really brave, much more so than my 4" G. Chiragra.
Adding a fish to your tank might give you the same results, I just wouldn't get too attached to the fish, my wife was ****ed when I told her the goby went missing.
Another thing you could try (if you haven't already), is to add some Nassarius Snails to his tank, they are tiny and their shells are so thin he shouldn't have a problem opening one up. They also help keep your sand clean, which is a plus, and stay hidden while your mantis is active so it's not like he'll pick them all off in a single day. Plus they are cheap. When I add them to my tank, I'll lure them out with a Cyclopeeze pellet, if the snails didn't take the bait, my mantis would just eat the pellet himself, so it works out pretty well.
Anyway, good luck and keep me posted on your mantis!
Adding a fish to your tank might give you the same results, I just wouldn't get too attached to the fish, my wife was ****ed when I told her the goby went missing.
Another thing you could try (if you haven't already), is to add some Nassarius Snails to his tank, they are tiny and their shells are so thin he shouldn't have a problem opening one up. They also help keep your sand clean, which is a plus, and stay hidden while your mantis is active so it's not like he'll pick them all off in a single day. Plus they are cheap. When I add them to my tank, I'll lure them out with a Cyclopeeze pellet, if the snails didn't take the bait, my mantis would just eat the pellet himself, so it works out pretty well.
Anyway, good luck and keep me posted on your mantis!
