New to Stomatopods and looking for input

[jason2459]

He's still very active. Climbing in and out of the rocks and its really cool watching him move around in the xenia forest.

Very pretty stomatopod that I now have an ID on. He's a G. Chiragra. Which kind of concerns me since he supposed to be able to chip glass when he gets bigger and is very agressive. I do have a concern though that he wont make it through the next molt as I don't know what it is but there is that fuzzy red growth here and there.

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[jason2459]

With some advice in another thread I started I'm going to start out with lights out for at least the next three days. Then I will reduce the normal lighting schedule. Plus, I'll reduce my feedings and increase my water changes to reduce the nutrients in the tank. I tend to over feed as you can see there is cyano in the tank. So, this may be a good thing either way. But, hopefully this will help with the fuzzy growth on the shell.

 

[jason2459]

Got some great support in the other thread and tracked everything I did in that one here:


http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2033021

Health concerns. Red fuzzy growth.

He looks healthy and fuzz free. He's back in his home now and as active as before. He absolutely went nuts for a piece of krill last night. I will have to throw in some more crabs for him to hunt down. I still need to get some pictures of him or a video.



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[jason2459]

I got about as good of pictures as I could get tonight. I couldn't use the flash, I couldn't get close to the tank so had to us a zoom which makes it really grainy, and he has been digging up the sand making it really cloudy. They are terribly bad but here they are: Anyone care to confirm G. Chiragra. White meril spots.

 

[jason2459]

Male?

 

[jason2459]

Got some more pictures. A little more clear.

 

[TheZ]

Yep. Male.

 

[jason2459]

Posted this in the wrong thread thinking it was this one...

I have a large turbo snail that my mantis has taken a liking to. By that I mean a punching bag. Its fun to watch as he finally gives up after a few hundred strikes. Then the next day he's at it again.

I also just noticed tonight that he has a small black spot at the front of the white meral spots.

I guess I'll know when to find the Chiragra a new home when he can finally bust through the turbo snails shell.

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