Mantis Madness!

[Synirr]

Also in the pics section, please forgive me for showing off
Meet Liza Rose, she was shipped in this morning. She is an O. havanensis

"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

 

[SkiFletch]

Oooh, pretty. Will she get as big as an O Scyllarus?

 

[-germ-]

Your mantis shrimp or whatever they are (pardon my ignorance) are beautiful and your pics are excellent quality.
Also got to mention that when i saw Stagger yesterday he reminded me of a great big Chuppa-chup, is he lickable?
Anyway you have nice mantis

 

[Matty P]

Yeh they have gr8 colours!

 

[Redstratplayer1]

 

[nmonks]

If it's a "spearer" mantis, then it's a case of *when* not *if*, surely?

Anyway, lovely little fellow.

Cheers, Neale

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...

 

[Synirr]

Oooh, pretty. Will she get as big as an O Scyllarus?

Nope, just 3"!

If it's a "spearer" mantis, then it's a case of *when* not *if*, surely?

She is a smasher

Here's a new pic. She has rearranged her cave so that it now has many entrances and exits. This is her fave one.
I left for two days to visit my parents and was just SURE she'd massacre everything, but when I got home, I was surprised to see that not only was the damsel fine, but every last one of the hermit crabs, down to the tiny babies, were still intact. I am convinced she is a wuss . However, she loves frozen krill.