reef diver
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Nice! I love O. Havanensis, very pretty, but my LFS only had my N. Wenn. More pics of him and new corals tommorow.
BTW post pics of ur mantis yerboy, Id like to see him.
Reef Diver's Mantis Tank Diary, and the daily life of Davo the Mantis
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jtrzerocool
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my LFS has a peacock mantis.
it was purple!
it was purple!
reef diver
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Peacocks can be tanks smashers!!!! Yay!! I had a friend that had that happen, his mom said no more mantis's. If Ur gona get a peacock get a acrylic tank for it. 6 pack new coral pics coming up in a few mins!!!
reef diver
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Ok heres the first one, had to take this w/ tanklights off because of ho I positioned it. Its some type of SPS, and I can verify that it grows well if slowly in low lighting conditions. This is because my LFS guy got this as a hitch hiker, fragged it, then placed it in the low light frag tank pc 260 watt, where it grew over its original frag stand. It has very small blue polyps.
coral keeper
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Hey Reef Diver, I'm not trying to hijack your thread but, I want to start a mantis shrimp tank, its going to be a 10 gallon mantis tank, can you tell me what kind of mantis will be ok in a 10 gallon tank and what will it need, like live rock, and what kind of sand, ect. Will a 175 ghp pump work for the manstis in a 10 gallon tank? I also need as much advise as anyone can give me. And what kind of supplies i will need also.
Thanks!
Thanks!
reef diver
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Some blastos
reef diver
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Some blastos
reef diver
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Opps double post, but anyway, coralkeeper, start a new thread, but heres some basic advise, a small pump is ok for a mantis, no real GPH ratio neccesary, however, consider what corals you want to keep. Also, I reccommend 2 species of mantis for a 10 gallon: Gonodactylus Smithii or Neogonodactylus Wenneare, especially for a beginner. Check here for more info.
Next coral are some zoos:
Next coral are some zoos:
reef diver
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An Open Brain
My fav of the bunch)
My fav of the bunch)
reef diver
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More zoos, diff color:
reef diver
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Well yesterday, I bought a small 6700k 27 watt pc light fixture from home depot for $20, and positioned it in back. Now I have a refuge!!!!
reef diver
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Bump
reef diver
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Yeah if I can get any..... its davo btw lol, but anyway, I think hes getting ready to molt soon, been really reclusive, hes also been experimenting w/ different ways of plugging his cavity.
reef diver
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The previous post is not my mantis, its yerboys, the one in post #15 is mine