Snoopy re-decorating

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All last night Snoopy was trying to pull pieces off the big rock to no avail so I went out to the LFS today and bought him some Tonga branch rubble and a couple dead corals. As soon as I dropped them into the tank he was out and going to work closing off the front of his cave. There are a few big pieces that he keeps trying to move but I think he's lazy and only tries for a second until going for a smaller one. During all this I dropped in his treat for the week. 3 Emerald crabs. He didn't really care about them until one was on the piece of rock he wanted and BAM! He smacked the hell out of it. He took the rock and placed it where he wanted and came back to finish the crab off. This is good stuff people. He is the way more interesting than I would have thought!

 

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He sees the crab

 

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Death from above

 

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Back to work

 

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In for the kill

 

[christsoldiers]

Is that a huge mantis or a tiny crab? Take a picture with a quarter or coke can or something for a size refference. He looks cool.

 

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Is that a huge mantis or a tiny crab? Take a picture with a quarter or coke can or something for a size refference. He looks cool.

He's a huge O.Scyllara, peacock mantis. I estimate him around 7-9 inches give or take. That was an emerald crab, biggest 3 they had. He ate two already today. He litters the shells outside of his new fort.lol Kinda like a dragon with the bones of their victims. I've been thinking about how to get a size comparison pic. I don't want to put anything dirty in the tank like a quarter. Any other suggestions?

 

[christsoldiers]

Originally posted by I've been thinking about how to get a size comparison pic. I don't want to put anything dirty in the tank like a quarter. Any other suggestions? [/B]

Just lean it against the outside like this

 

[Gonodactylus]

The largest O. scyllarus I have ever seen was 18.6 cm - right at 7 inches. This female looks to be 5.5 - 6 inches.

 

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You're probably right. It was just a guess. The bow front tank can distort things some. How can you tell it's a female?

 

[Gonodactylus]

Very large males are usually very green. The olive or tan body color is more typical of females.

Roy

 

[ak-dave]

Put a clean platic ruler in the tank and wait for it to swim near it, then take a pic. Shouldn't hurt the tank.

 

[luceneck]

that was great

 

[Xjinn]

that is a great series of pictures
i found myself flipping through them with picture viewer

if only more of us were blessed with great gadgets like isaari to take video

my birthday is coming up.... but unfortunately i think i have to choose between a suit for a wedding or a slick camera