ID please! red, snake like, hides in rock

shainline

shainline

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Okay so let me start by saying it will be next to impossible to get a picture of this thing.. It hides inside the rock, is red and scaley looking more like lobster skin.. He has antenna eyes that move around and I THINK has feet like things under it. It came out this morning to eat lunging out at the food. The good thing is is that if its bad I can take the rock out of the tank completely.. Any suggestions.
 
shainline

shainline

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ohhh ur good! I looked at the pics on here of mantis shrimp and it looks just like it but mine is red.. r there red ones?? and Im thinking I should get it out of there since its aggressive and is NOT reef safe..
 
cranberry

cranberry

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You'll have to remove it unless you want a mantis tank. When they hide in the rocks, a hyper dip works for pretty much everyone. But have a container of normal saltwater and a net ready to quickly remove him from the hyper-bucket. There are people who would love to have him. I would really like to see what kind he is. What waters did your rock come from?
 
shainline

shainline

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I will give it a go. I got the rock out and its still in there. It DOES not like light! And IF I manage to catch it I will take a pic I promise. Not sure where my waters came from I will ask my LFS where his stuff came from.
 
browniebuck

browniebuck

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um...yup, you got yourself a mantis! I am kind of hoping that when I buy more LR I happen to get one hitchin' on my rock...it would give me a reason to set up a mantis tank!
 
jackri

jackri

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I think they're cool.
I also think I have a mantis or pistol shrimp. I hear 2 or 3 loud clicks when it's totally dark every so often but I've never come close to seeing anything and I look hard in around my tank.
 
cranberry

cranberry

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That is so awesome. It is green with a pick... like really pink, underbelly? It's hard to tell in the pic.
 
shainline

shainline

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Im gonna give it away! Sadly the only person I know around here is my LFS guy and im sure hes gonna make money off of him... They are aggressive right?? I have a 29gal set up for seahorses... this guy wouldnt me a good idea in there would he? there arent any horses in there yet... got some corals, hermits, and apparantly last time I bought something a baby star came with it. its either a brittle or serpant. not sure. saw it for all of a minute. about the size of a quarter.
 
renogaw

renogaw

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btw, that's a n. wennerae
they can change color depending on surrounding. mine started red like that, but is a nice emerald green right now.
 
shainline

shainline

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it has a pink underbody but not really pink. I think mostly the pink is from it being maroon and the legs taking on that color...
 
cranberry

cranberry

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Originally Posted by SHainline
http:///forum/post/3163550
Im gonna give it away! Sadly the only person I know around here is my LFS guy and im sure hes gonna make money off of him... They are aggressive right?? I have a 29gal set up for seahorses... this guy wouldnt me a good idea in there would he? there arent any horses in there yet... got some corals, hermits, and apparantly last time I bought something a baby star came with it. its either a brittle or serpant. not sure. saw it for all of a minute. about the size of a quarter.
I wouldn't mix the two. I keep both seahorses and mantis' as well. What they will actually kill really depends on the individual shrimp. There is a wide range of temperaments within a species. But what I find is their temperaments change over time as well. A once nice little mantis can become a grump as it gets older. So you can really never trust them.
 
shainline

shainline

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I KNOW that thing is CREEPY!! I have a rule I will not put anything in the tank that I wont touch with my hands!
 
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