Show Off Mantis Thread!!!!

[cobaltplasma]

Hehe nice pics everyone Here's my lady pre- and post-molt...there's some pics of her transition in between that I posted in a different thread

Gonna see what colors I can get her to change into, but first a transition to jade and olive...I like how her eyes turned orange, though

 

[G.SMITHII]

thats a sick lil mantis! good work.

im interested to see how my smithii's colors change when i get a 150w MH.

the rest of you mantis minions, WE WANT MORE FTS BRAGGIN SHOTS

 

[BuddhaKiss]

agreed, we need more FTS.

 

[Chelsey]

Sam, G. ternatensis:

Sam's Abode:

I need to take another picture of his tank. I added a bunch of razor calupera, some Kenya tree, took out the coral skeleton, and did a few other things. It looks more "wild" now but he seems to like it just fine!

 

[Wildinside]

Looks really great! I love the natural look and how open it is. If I was a mantis I would be loving it in there too
do you have covers on your overflow and return? From the pic it kind of looks like a potential mantis killer but I could be seeing incorrectly. Great Job though

 

[BuddhaKiss]

Looks great Chelsey

 

[Feclar]

Sorry for camera phone, need to bring a real camera to work one of these days

Finally got my juvenile 1.5" peacock 2 weeks ago,
Starting to add some color with corals and anenomes

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[VacavilleFC3S]

best pics i've been able to get of the little bugger

 

[Chelsey]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13374267#post13374267 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Wildinside
Looks really great! I love the natural look and how open it is. If I was a mantis I would be loving it in there too
do you have covers on your overflow and return? From the pic it kind of looks like a potential mantis killer but I could be seeing incorrectly. Great Job though

No, I don't have covers on my overflow or return, but Sam's not much of a swimmer and if he did go down the drain he'd end up in a large sump, so I doubt he'd get hurt. I've had him for 5 months or so and not once have I seen him "swimming." He stalks stuff but it's always him darting from behind one rock to another before he goes in for the kill. After knowing that, do you still think I should cover both openings?

 

[acrodave]

Hay Feclar..OT.. that tube anemone needs to be in the sand

 

[Wildinside]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13378023#post13378023 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Chelsey
No, I don't have covers on my overflow or return, but Sam's not much of a swimmer and if he did go down the drain he'd end up in a large sump, so I doubt he'd get hurt. I've had him for 5 months or so and not once have I seen him "swimming." He stalks stuff but it's always him darting from behind one rock to another before he goes in for the kill. After knowing that, do you still think I should cover both openings?

That depends, if your sump first hits filter media or something where he could get trapped and potentially suffocated. If so it could be a problem, even though he does not swim he can if he felt the need to I am sure, so as a precaution I would personally get the overflow covered at least. The only time the return would be a problem is if you had a power outage and he managed to swim in there and get stuck but I highly doubt that would ever happen. Up to you in the long run, it would just suck if you did a great job of taking care of him only to have him commit mantis suicide via the overflow not being covered. Not to say he will, but its a possibility.

 

[cichlid333]

wow love this thread super coll mantis shrimp love the pics

 

[Rob_Zamites]

Bella's House

Bella's House

Here's my heavily modded NanoWave 9, using a full-width overflow and DIY LED lighting -- she LOVES her house!

The obligatory FTS:

With just the blue Cree XR-E LED's on:

A top down shot of the right hand side of the tank:

..and a very happy and interactive G. glabrous

Thanks for looking!

 

[G.SMITHII]

nice doode!

i like it, i like it.

sooo nobody else wants to post pics of their tanks?

 

[Dr.LisaL]

Your G. glabrous is so cute Rob_Zamites, where did you find it?

Here are a few pics of my O. havanensis named Google (because of the googley eyes), I have had her ~5 months now:

They are so fun to watch

 

[Rob_Zamites]

Your G. glabrous is so cute Rob_Zamites, where did you find it?

I bought Bella from Billy at stomatopod.com -- overnighted and she was in perfect health...I think she's cute too! :inlove:

 

[mikchabe]

My mantis (and the full tank shot). Posting my first pics, so hope it turns out ok...

 

[Fuegan]

FTS

Mantis Pic. This is an older pic...

 

[nikemikey]

Here's a few of mine I just got last week!

 

[G.SMITHII]

congrats and kudos!

looks good!!!