outdoorandmore
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I have a 10g open top glass tank which I plan on setting up for a mantis. So what I want to know is, are mantis known to be carpet surfers?
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outdoorandmore
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Thanks Kyle...anyone else?
XxAngelzDustxX
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I have a Mantis and durring water changes he goes crazy and swims all around the tank, he never breaks the waters surface. No part of his body has ever left the water, kinda like how when regular shrimp reach the surface and start swimming upside down. If you have shrimp then you know what I'm talking about. If not, please ignore my statement, I am not insane 
In a short version, no they are not known to be carpet surfers.
In a short version, no they are not known to be carpet surfers.
Gonodactylus
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It depends on the species. Most stomatopods don't jump, but small Odontodactylus such as O. havanensis and o. brevirostris are capable of jumping six inches or more out of the water. I have lost several this way.
Juvenile Gonodactylus have a different way of jumping - they catapult themselves into the air by striking the substrate. I've seen a 15 mm G. bredini launch itself over a foot (in air).
Roy
Juvenile Gonodactylus have a different way of jumping - they catapult themselves into the air by striking the substrate. I've seen a 15 mm G. bredini launch itself over a foot (in air).
Roy
RogueCorps
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Yikes, I don't know about carpet surfing but our O.S. will follow food she can see outside the tank. If we hold her dinner above her opened tank she'll swim up with half of her head out of water.
In another instance when I moved she jumped out of a net, flew into the air and splashed back down in the tank.
-Rogue
In another instance when I moved she jumped out of a net, flew into the air and splashed back down in the tank.
-Rogue
Carpet surfing Huh? I know of flying fish, water skiing squirrels, scuba diving dogs, but never a carpet surfing Mantis shrimp!!! Actually, I too have learned a lot in this thread! I will make sure my tanks are covered a little better.
I had a friend of a friend whose brother's friend's sister knew someone to have a shrimp that surfed all over the house hanging ten here and there, and late at night would raid their freshwater mollie tank! I even think a few beers were missing every so often! Believe it? Or not!!
I had a friend of a friend whose brother's friend's sister knew someone to have a shrimp that surfed all over the house hanging ten here and there, and late at night would raid their freshwater mollie tank! I even think a few beers were missing every so often! Believe it? Or not!!
outdoorandmore
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Thanks to everyone who posted feedback
I just witnessed my peacock mantis break the surface and cause a big splash in my open top aquarium. I've had him for almost a year, and this is the first time I've seen it happen.
If he does jump and hit the carpet, does anyone know how long I have to get him back in water before he's DOA?
If he does jump and hit the carpet, does anyone know how long I have to get him back in water before he's DOA?
Gonodactylus
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Flopping around on a dry carpet - probably no more than 5 to 10 minutes. If you keep the gills wet with sea water, a few hours. When we are working on these animals, we wrap the body with a towel and keep it damp with sea water. I have kept some animals alive for a day in this way.
Gonodactylus
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