Another Mantis

[Synirr]

Meet Liza Rose, she was shipped in this morning!

"You must be my new mom"

"This is a nice home, I guess"

"I like my cave"

Cutie pink uropods

Her home (It's a 5g, so you can tell how small she is. There's also a domino damsel in there to test if she'll kill it or not... if not, I'm getting a possum wrasse.)

Video of her killing a piece of rubble... Don't bother turning up your volume, the microphone couldn't pick up her clicks... it's like someone tapping their pen on the table.
http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI3n4Uewd0I

Also in the shipment, a flower anemone. This is in Stagger Lee's (the big male peacock's) tank:

And 50 of these guys. They are mantis snacks, but I gave 20 to Aquatek for store credit. I don't think Rose is going to be able to handle them, so they may just be tankmates for her... their shells are pretty thick. Stagger has already eaten about 5

 

[stang1]

Beautiful photos! The first one looks as though she's wearing some lovely pink shoes...

 

[paul_219]

Wow nice mentis. He looks gr8.

 

[PrettyDiscus]

Beautiful Mantis

 

[pinkdolphin_113]

where is your other mantis?
this one looks cute too

 

[LondonDragon]

Nice mantis don't these little devils tend to break the glass?

 

[Matty P]

Nice mantis, love that flower anemone!

 

[lilfishie]

aw what a little cutie love her colour, will it change as she grows?

 

[Fella]

Nice mantis don't these little devils tend to break the glass?

It's so rare it's barely worth thinking about. I kept a mantis for some time before having to move it on, and they're too clever to break glass, but some do peacock mantis might by accident. Mine was a spearer however, but same rules apply.

Great tanks again!

 

[wendywc]

She's sweet. I love the mantis' eyes!

 

[severum boy]

Wow, you can see the intelligence in her eyes!
She is very tiny though, how much was she?

 

[Synirr]

where is your other mantis?
this one looks cute too

He's still here, in his tank . I'll take more pics of him soon.

Nice mantis don't these little devils tend to break the glass?

Rose is far too small, but some of the larger smashers can, though as Fella said, they usually don't. They need to be around 6" before they have enough force to their blows to break aquarium glass.

aw what a little cutie love her colour, will it change as she grows?

Nope, she is close to adult size now

Wow, you can see the intelligence in her eyes!
She is very tiny though, how much was she?

$13, but I had to order her online, so I had to pay additional shipping. I got the anemone and 50 hermits in the shipment too though, so it's not so bad.

 

[cane76]

great pics

 

[pinkdolphin_113]

is this one female? and the other one is male?
are you going to try and breed them?
that would be good lol

 

[lilfishie]

aw what a little cutie love her colour, will it change as she grows?

Nope, she is close to adult size now

she looks tiny