New Mantis tank Build Up

[nikesb4l]

you have no idea, I live in a pet store LOL.
I got the 30 long peacock tank
24 aquapod drilled(pistol shrimp & clown hosting) with 10 gallon sump(with P.ciliata)
46 bow front reef with 20 gallon sump with a 2 inch panther grouper(i recently gave away my foot long panther grouper)
110 gallon RIP cracked flooded our house(had panther,gag groupers, torpedo ray and a Northern puffer.)
40 gallon reef with yashi goby pistol shrimp pair with a 20 gallon sump
about to get a brackish puffer and ciclid tank.
I have a 75 gallon too but its at a friends house. I want to get it back and make it into a big reef with dual halides. one day..... I gota finish school first

currently building a 55 gallon for the panther, gona be a predator tank with some easy things. going to give it to a friend once it gets running.
we easily have 10 tanks right now and a few more that aren't set up kinda hetic and electric bills kinda high. I went to petco today because I get scarlet hermits from them for 1.69 as red leg crabs LOL works every time, scarlet hermits are so expensive weird.... anyways i got a pregnant molly and gave it to my p.ciliata and she like popped from the impact of the spears. I also got a really small cray fish for the mantis, shes gnawing on it now, was kinda a quick kill. I think im gona call her general grievous even tho its a girl

 

[Koshmar]

How do you find time to keep up with all that while in school?!? I have like 0 free time, that's crazy. And that bit about the pregnant molly was slightly disturbing XD I could see it happening in my mind.

 

[nikesb4l]

LOl, I requested the pregnant one full of some delicious row haha. My room mates are into it as well and we just set up auto top off systems and that helps so much. there so easy to make too. I just got a top off switch for 2 dollars off ebay and wired it up in a bucket. keeps my salinity perfect. I also live by the beach and theres a hatchery for black sea bass with free uv and protein skimmed water set aside just for local hobbyist pretty awesome just not the best for reef tanks, kinda has high phosphates. I also catch all my own food for the predators like groupers, puffers, rays, eels, mantis, and whatever other mean things I've had through the years. God I learned so much since high school. I had no interest in aquariums 3 years ago.

 

[thor32766]

wow that is a really sweet setup for a mantis.

 

[TheZ]

So how is the little girl doing? Still very active, or has she holed up somewhere to burrow build?

Are you running full lights already?

 

[nikesb4l]

Shes doing pretty well today, all night she was very active. I introduced her to the tank with the lights on and I turned the lights off at 12 last night. Shes been in her burrow most of the day today. I turned the lights on today around 1pm. I'm using a single t8 4' light bulb. I'm going to venture down to the local docks today and get some crabs and shrimp. I'll post some videos of the feeding