Where to Buy Mantis Shrimp Online

what? Dude I am sorry but you are taking things way to personal. Calm down & take a breather. The start is a good thread and lets not go bash crazy & get it closed, since like mentioned some of us are all for helping but getting tired of answering the 'who carries mantis' question ever other week. There is nothing wrong with the top portion of the thread then people posting 'saw one here (instert website).

What does his objecting to someone posting instock alerts have to do with your expereince or selling frags? Kinda lost me there. Much respect to you for supporting your personal hobby by selling frags btw, wish I could get going like that.
 
" maybe that person should rethink getting into saltwater tanks....if that lil bit of legwork/homework is to trying for you than your gonna fail miserably with a saltwater tank cause your gonna get bored with it cause its to much work........"
i thought it was obvious my last post was a responce to his asumption that i was just geting into salt water tanks and a statment that i was going to fail misserably when he has no idea what i have done in this hobby
 
to the origonal poster
i did not mean to give the impression that this was a bad idea and i apoligize if i ofended you. i was only trying to sugest that the list be structured around what is available instead of what is listed online only becouse i've benn watching some these sites for some time and have noticed that alot of them have species listed that have not been in stock for 6-8 months or more and i feel an up to date list of whats curently available would be very use full
it was a good idea, sorry if i discouraged you
 
gpx1200 said:
i'd say whats idiotic is making a statment like that about somone you don't even know and who's experience level you have no clue about.
claiming that someone will fail misserably becouse of one opinion that differs from yours shows a huge amount of ignorance and arogance if you ask me.
i've been in this hobby for 30+ years and all my current equipment is bought and paid for by the frags i sell and the peapole who buy from me say i have the nicest tanks theyv ever seen, i'm not about to rethink it now
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saltwater aint the only oddball hobby i have, also grow carnivorous plants that often take very dedicated care to do well......the type of person that sits and complains that stuff isnt being handed to them on a silver platter, like those complaining that:

"a complete list of those companies that do carry mantis shrimp is annoying cause not everyone always has the animals in stock and why would you post a link to the guys that only have them in stock sometimes, why cant you just post those that have them in stock now to save me a lil bit of work"

are the guys that 6 months from now you dont see posts from again cause they gave up cause stuff like saltwater or messing with delicate plants is to trying cause there are to many details to keep track off....the hobby requires effort and if your starting off the hobby complaining bout a lil bit of homework your gonna give up before long anyway.....

course dont know why im complaining cause its these guys whose gear i pick up for pennies on the dollar off ebay or craigslist when they decide the hobby is to much work :beer:
 
next time your doing your "homework" mabie you should look up what "quotation marks" are for becouse i don't think you get it. make up all the fake quotes you want, you have proven my point for me. i'm done
 
and another potentially useful thread gets trashed because people just can't keep their damn mouths shut, swallow their pride, and ignore the stupid comments. Fantastic.
 
still useful.....have it bookmarked cause unlike some i cant have critters shipped to me 6 months out of the year.....gonna be real handy to me in a few more months....

and gpx, quotes("...") also work for paraphrasing......fairly familiar with the english language, i do own a couple of newspapers....
 
gpx bud, you've only again proven you are taking things way to personal. the first remark that sent you into a rage wasnt even directed at you, it was a general statement.

you have 30 some years of sw hobby experience, I do respect that. Question is how have you tested you tank for ppm of people skills? relax brah.

I still agree we should sticky this. does anyone know if the OP has hit up a mod for post clean-up and sticky?
 
khowst- No, I haven't contacted a mod for cleanup &/or sticky. I wasn't sure how things like that are done around here or if it was sticky-worthy. If you guys think it is, then maybe I should?
 
purdueav8r said:
khowst- No, I haven't contacted a mod for cleanup &/or sticky. I wasn't sure how things like that are done around here or if it was sticky-worthy. If you guys think it is, then maybe I should?
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ild say it is, some ppl like me live in cold climates.....you could post up the rarest mantis thats for sale someplace today and i couldnt get it no matter how much i wanted it....i can only have stuff shipped to me from April through October....November through March is to cold even with over night shipping....plus not every one has funds available to spend all the time.....

a list of the companies that carry mantis shrimp fairly regularly even if they dont always have them in stock is a great reference.....
 
Dude the first part of the thread I think is definitely great and absolutely worth stickying. Might even change the title a little to include whats in stock or something, then as people post they can add it in instead of 342 'DD has a peacock in stock' threads.

rattler, are you sure about the shipping conditions? I mean when I lived in Anchorage, I know the couple of shops there got bi-weekly shipments in, and that was even during the winter months. Now granted that was the shops so I dont know if large orders were packaged different or anything.
 
khowst said:
rattler, are you sure about the shipping conditions? I mean when I lived in Anchorage, I know the couple of shops there got bi-weekly shipments in, and that was even during the winter months. Now granted that was the shops so I dont know if large orders were packaged different or anything.
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difference between me and Anchorage shops is that i am bout 250 miles from the nearest major airport.....i live out in the middle of nowhere and it takes very lil in the way of weather in the winter to close down our local airport.....that and actually Acohorage is quite a bit warmer than i am in the winter.....

you think Alaska and you think cold but the winters in northeast Montana are far more brutal than those in southeast Alaska.....have a friend that was stationed in that part of Alaska for 4 years and said he can count on both hands with fingers left over the number of times it got below 0......we see -40 before windchill every winter and 10 days with the daily high being -20 isnt unusual.....
 
Recieved an Email from DD...

Ordered my Odontodactylus scyllarus from Divers Den. For those that are looking, they just recieved a shippment (Very Limited Quanity) according to the email I recieved.
 
gpx1200 said:
call bob at ibluewater.com he's one of the few who will track down specific species for you.
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there prices are outrageous...$89 for a chiragra....when I use to have my online mantis store i would sell them for like $30 and only pay like $10-15 from my wholesaler.. and $95 for a large peacock? larger should be cheaper since they have less of a life span at that point IMO.
 
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