florida joe
Well-Known Member
Well boys and girls I am about to undertake my mantis tank. As most of you know I am big on homework. I am currently inhaling everything I can find published by Dr. Caldwell who seems to be the authority on Mantis shrimp. I have a 12 gallon eclipse tank with hood and light compo. For the life of me I cannot understand why I got rid of the filtration system. It’s off to my LFS for a filter and I am sure I will be at the cover with a dermal tool. I will post pics as I go. Anyone interested and anyone with a matins tank up and running please join in.
In the mean time some interesting facts I have found :
They are actually not true shrimp, but a separate family of crustaceans called Stomatopods.
They have the most advanced eyes of any animal, and have 16 different types of photoreceptors (compared to our 3). They have binocular vision in each eye, so they have excellent depth perception with only one eye. They can see 4 different colors of UV light, and can also see polarized light. Some species, such as Odontodactylus havanensis, actually communicate to each other using signals of polarized light.
Mantids also have the strongest strike of any animal, relative to their size. G. chiragra and large peacocks can hit with a force equal to a .22 caliber bullet. They also have the fastest strike of any animal. Their strike is so fast that they vaporize the water at the point of impact, causing a small implosion. This makes their strike even more destructive, and stuns their prey. Mantis shrimp are also one of the only predators of the blue-ring octopus. They smash the octopus until the venom glands burst, and after the venom dissipates in the water, they eat the octopus.
In the mean time some interesting facts I have found :
They are actually not true shrimp, but a separate family of crustaceans called Stomatopods.
They have the most advanced eyes of any animal, and have 16 different types of photoreceptors (compared to our 3). They have binocular vision in each eye, so they have excellent depth perception with only one eye. They can see 4 different colors of UV light, and can also see polarized light. Some species, such as Odontodactylus havanensis, actually communicate to each other using signals of polarized light.
Mantids also have the strongest strike of any animal, relative to their size. G. chiragra and large peacocks can hit with a force equal to a .22 caliber bullet. They also have the fastest strike of any animal. Their strike is so fast that they vaporize the water at the point of impact, causing a small implosion. This makes their strike even more destructive, and stuns their prey. Mantis shrimp are also one of the only predators of the blue-ring octopus. They smash the octopus until the venom glands burst, and after the venom dissipates in the water, they eat the octopus.
