Mantis with a cuke
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Microcosmos
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I don't think a mantis would know what to do with a cuke...they will probably ignore each other
. Tomorrow I get a 1" smasher! Sounds like something for a nano!OK, this is tooo perfect. I took this picture last night.
To the best of my knowledge it's a Neogonodactylus wennerae and a Holothuria impatiens.
The only thing I've seen them bother is hermit crabs. I've got another Mantis about 2" long in a ten gallon tank with several snails, hermits, urchins and small crabs and as long as I feed it every few days it doesn't bother anything. If I don't feed it for 4-5 days it has eaten hermits.
Cold blooded killer, ya, right.
To the best of my knowledge it's a Neogonodactylus wennerae and a Holothuria impatiens.
The only thing I've seen them bother is hermit crabs. I've got another Mantis about 2" long in a ten gallon tank with several snails, hermits, urchins and small crabs and as long as I feed it every few days it doesn't bother anything. If I don't feed it for 4-5 days it has eaten hermits.
Cold blooded killer, ya, right.
Kara
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My mantis lives peacefully with:
1 - Velvet Damsel
1 - Scutus sp. (fleshy limpet) 2"
2 - Common green Brittle Stars
1 - Unknown filter feeding Sea Cucumber that is only about 1/2" long
1 - Orange Flower Anemone
2 - Emerald Crabs
2 - Razor clams
This isn't to say that any other 'smasher' type mantis wouldn't eat the damsel (my last mantis loved Damsel for dinner) and would ignore my big Scutus, emerald crabs and razor clams. I think Roy is just well fed and kind of mellow
I've heard that they have a tendancy to kill urchins, but I'm dying to try one.. or the urchin will do the dying as it becomes Roy's dinner. We'll find out soon as I'm getting an urchin for the tank tonight..
1 - Velvet Damsel
1 - Scutus sp. (fleshy limpet) 2"
2 - Common green Brittle Stars
1 - Unknown filter feeding Sea Cucumber that is only about 1/2" long
1 - Orange Flower Anemone
2 - Emerald Crabs
2 - Razor clams
This isn't to say that any other 'smasher' type mantis wouldn't eat the damsel (my last mantis loved Damsel for dinner) and would ignore my big Scutus, emerald crabs and razor clams. I think Roy is just well fed and kind of mellow
I've heard that they have a tendancy to kill urchins, but I'm dying to try one.. or the urchin will do the dying as it becomes Roy's dinner. We'll find out soon as I'm getting an urchin for the tank tonight..
My mantis has been sharing a 10G with four urchins for about a month now. One of the urchins is pinkish and has short spines and the others are brown with longer spines, not sure of the species but I can look it up when I get home tonight. They're all pretty small, about 3/4" across and they all came on TBS live rock. Actually one of the brown urchins disappeared a few days ago but I'm not blaming the mantis yet.
I found another urchin on my extra live rock the other day and I've already got more than I want so let me know if you want one. I don't trust them in my main tank.
I found another urchin on my extra live rock the other day and I've already got more than I want so let me know if you want one. I don't trust them in my main tank.
