Pics of my new peacock mantis shrimp!!

[oceancube78]

well finally after about a month and a half i have found my peacock mantis shrimp, funny thing is that my lfs got him in and i was waiting patiently when boxes arrived, there were 5 boxes total, and we were down to the last box and i was already like freaking out , finally we opened the last box and there he was way at the bottom with no water in his bag, he had busted the bag, but we quickly added him to water and now here he is at home with me, very beautiful creature and smart as well, he doesn't like my snails or my heater as he will click on them over and over, but looks like he loves the camera, well here he is!!

 

[Lpabsolute]

Sweet Pics ! ! ! ! !

 

[Opcn]

I saw the picture and at first glance the PVC looked like a finger, I was going to tell you what a profoundly stupid person you were, but I'm glad to see that it is an inanimate object and it was simply my mistake. Nice shrimp.

 

[oceancube78]

lol, i would not dare put my fingers in there.. he seems to love table shrimp, and he loves to swim up and float backwards down to the bottom, ihe will have his own take here in about a week, i hope he does well!!thanks for the comments!!!

 

[Gonodactylus]

Are you sure it is a he. The color pattern looks like a female - although it could be a juvenile male.

Roy

 

[oceancube78]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9760055#post9760055 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Gonodactylus
Are you sure it is a he. The color pattern looks like a female - although it could be a juvenile male.

Roy

hello roy, well i just call him/she a he, not really sure, i really don't know much about them but ive been reading alot, i need to setup his home here really soon with a good sandbed and some ruble, i have all that ready but i need a big tank for him so i will be shopping saturday for a tank for her/him, it's kinda big i would say 3-4 inches long, and very thick!! i hope to have him/her for a long time, this is way nicer looking that my wennere!! but time will tell,thanks!!!

 

[Gonodactylus]

There seems to be a misconception that O. scyllarus require a deep sand bed. They do not. I'm not sure where this comes from - perhaps from discussions of keeping sand burrowing Lysiosquillina. One can use deep sand beds with O. s to partially conceal a pvc burrow and these animals will excavate a "cave" under a piece of rock, but a "cave" is no substitute for a good,long, dark, tight-fitting burrow. Since it is extremely difficult to create a substrate with the same textural properties of muck, it is probably better to go with a thin sand bed and lots of pieces of different sized rock, gravel and shell. O. s are excellent builders and most, if given the proper materials, will eventually put together a natural looking burrow

If you are using the deep sand bed with a plenum to control nitrate, that is a different animal, but you should be aware that the digging and sand shifting by the O.s and defeat that purpose and can even cause more problems with buried food and molt skins, etc.

ALso, O.s rarely live on clean, abrasive sand. This can cause abrasion of setae.

Roy

 

[oceancube78]

very good information there, im gonna do what you recommend and see what happens, all i need is a nitrate spike to kill her/him.. i will post more pics once home is ready,thanks for the important info roy!!!

 

[mattyice]

mine seems to be living perfectly with two large pieces of LR and about a 2-3" sand bed with about 4 lbs of rubble and about 20 snail shells, she actually made a dark enough burrow to live comfortably and i have a really weak light above the tank and she loves it, BTW i keep mine on oolitic sand (really fine aragonite) and i have yet to find a molt skin but i do know for a fact that she did molt i just think she ate all of it

i keep mine in a 33G cube like i said a constant supply of live food for her