My new Peacock and Shell Disease questions

[Msby12]

well i finally got a peacock mantis (like the subject suggests) and he/she, (can't tell) is doing well! but at the LFS there was another peacock mantis abt twice his size, but i didn't buy him because there were large white patches on his back, and slightly orange spots on his head. Are these signs of shell disease?

 

[Msby12]

hello? any shell disease info? (i can't believe i'm responding to my own thread)

 

[Altpers0na-old]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site:reefcentral.com+shell+disease+mantis&btnG=Google+Search

try these.

 

[Msby12]

thanks, does anyone have pictures of an infected shell?

 

[Thurge]

do a search on Shell Disease in this forum and you should find something.

 

[Msby12]

well, i can never use the search engine, it's always busy! and google images has nothing! at least on stomatopod shell disease

 

[Gonodactylus]

I just tried the search engine in ReefCentral and had no problem turning up dozens of posts about shell disease. On an Odontodactylus scyllarus, the spots are usually a rusty orange although if things get really bad and the cuticle is penetrated, black wounds form.

 

[Altpers0na-old]

the search never works for me either , which is why i do it via google like the link i posted.

however, the other thing you can do is sort the forum by topic and go to the S's , O's and P's to find related topics...

 

[Msby12]

ok, well does shell disease ever look like large white patches with what looks like fungal growth?