MantisHerder
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Does anyone know if if the odontodactylus havenensis species can be kept together in the same tank?
O.Havenensis
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Absolutely not. I've tried placing a male and female many times in tanks as large as 200 gal and every single trial ended in the death of one of the animals. Even trying to put a male and female together to mate is risky given that interactions usually start out aggressively and a single strike can be lethal.
These are great stomatopods to keep because of their burrowing activity and foraging in the open, but they are unusually sensitive to poor water quality and low oxygen and they jump. (I picked up a dessicated O. h on the lab floor last week when a student failed to put a lid on one of the tanks.) I would not recommend them to someone who is not experienced in keeping stomatopods.
Roy
These are great stomatopods to keep because of their burrowing activity and foraging in the open, but they are unusually sensitive to poor water quality and low oxygen and they jump. (I picked up a dessicated O. h on the lab floor last week when a student failed to put a lid on one of the tanks.) I would not recommend them to someone who is not experienced in keeping stomatopods.
Roy
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Oh, thanks for replying dr.roy
I found a thread in a different forum about this guy having a gonodactylus pair and a peacock mantis shrimp together in a 20 gallon tank. Ill look for it.
I found a thread in a different forum about this guy having a gonodactylus pair and a peacock mantis shrimp together in a 20 gallon tank. Ill look for it.
MantisHerder
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I cant find it but i was googling along the lines of 'peacock mantis shrimp' I was trying to find a picture of its raptoral appendage because I could never get clear shot of mine
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it was on monsterfishkeepers.com
