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Well after much waiting and observation, my little girl has eaten! Yaaaaahhhhhh. She changed her housing spot twice and moved back up front, whew, she was hidden during her second move. Now she has redug out the hole of doom and moved at least 7" of rock and sand up along teh glass; which I...

Howdy, I have done dozens of hours of research prior to buying my mantis, a peacock 6+". And you would not want a peacock in a small tank. But there are 3-4 reefers every week finding mantis in their liverock. TBS live rock is famous for their mantis availability. Keep your eyes open or email...

Curious, I have plenty of food items in the tank with my mantis, she just molted the other day, and she is very active...but is not eating as of yet. This would be day 4 that I know of. Sigh I disarmed a 3-4" crab today, just in case she had not hardened enough, and it leaped off the 3rd story...

well as per your avatar and a popular saying... "it is all in the eye of the beholder" Ray:yes:

This guy is catching one in his tank right now. A peacock mantis like mine, which is nearly full grown and is 5-6", would suffer in a nano. But a small hitchhiker type would do well in your small tank. There is this idea that they will kill everything instantly, this is not the case. They do not...

Mantis are not maddog killers, they are just good hunters. Would you keep a tiger in the same barn as your flock of sheep? But to your question, if you do not want the mantis to be the star of your tank, then you need to remove it. There are people all over looking for mantis, so depending...

Well I had decided on a name before I had the beastie. I suspected from the first glance that it was a female. The subtle coloration, and there was a certain something that said female to me. I had tried my best to view the last set of legs and saw no male appendages, so my best guess is...

After looking at the images I realized that my bottom looks somewhat eerie...it is 4" of live sand, and 3" of rocks, broken shells, and pieces of sand dollars (80% sand dollars pieces). These sand dollar pieces give a sort of "bone yard" look that is quite fitting to the subject I think. To be...

always scooting about, hard to catch a good image... Ray

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...digging just keep digging! Ray

Just a couple shots of moving in day...lots of shells and sand a flying! Ray

Still something of a newbie to this forum, I appologize to the powers that be...no more deals in here for me. Besides, my tanks are too small, the dragons (3) are yours! lol Ray

Fair enough, I figured that was the direction this was going. I will release these guys back to their original locations. Thanks for the input. Ray

I have been on the hunt for a peacock mantis for about 2 months now, to no previous avail. Then 2 weeks ago, I get three offers for found mantis from various live rock. A black, a purple, and a red. While these were not peacocks I was still interested. The black ended up going to a local. The...

Hey hey hey, Fellow Texan, well by location I am actually a Floridian but don'd hate me! I am down in Corpus and would love a Dragon Wrasse, they are in my top 3 favorite fish. If it is available, and the mad fish feeder has not put it on the menu, then I most assuredly want it. Ray...

hmmm, I have kept scallops for almost my entire experience with saltwater (23+yrs) and I have never used supplimental food sources. I have had losses and fortunately the right size tanks and enough cleaners to deal with the issue before it caused major issues within the system. But I find my...

Greetings all, Well talk about your parallel thinking. I have been putting together a natural setup for the last couple weeks. Currently I have almost all of the work done, except for my last tank choice. I have a 46gl bowfront, a pair of 20gl one on each end of the bowfront (width ways, so it...

Ernie the Blenny lived in my left show fuge...yes I have a center tank and a pair of show fuges at either side, giving an illusion of a much larger tank but allowing me to have fuges and species only tanks. Since he has left, and he was the star of that 20gal fuge, his place has been leased with...

I was trying to find a good image when he would change color a bit, go into a little banded stance, but I didnt have one...He was always moving fast in that state, guess it was his excited colors. But did find one with a bit more of his red dots showing. Thanks for wishes, he was uncommon common...