Well I got a call at work the other day. The man said does your store take mantis shrimp. I said I personally collect them and I would be happy to take them off your hands. He brought 2 mantis. He got all his LR from Tampa FL. They are the same species. Smashers Brick red with some light blue on the raptoral apendages. No Idae what species they are. I will take a pic as soon as I get my Digital camera. I did not have any spare tanks so I decided to put them in my 32 gallon Refugium. The problem was my big Clown mantis is in the tank. I figured that they should be ok since there is lots of rocks and Bryopsis to hide in. Well so far I have seen one of them but I know they are both alive because I can hear the clicking from both of them. I must say the one has been very active he is walking over the byopsis then diving into it. They are such cool creatures.
Alex
Alex