I am a lucky man
 

My wife is in calgary visiting her mother and I just got a phone call.

"Hi I'm at Red Coral and I have picked out 2 clams for you but they have a peacock mantis as weel would you like it too?"

I HAVE HAD A TANK SET UP FOR ONE FOR NEAR 3 MONTHS NOW SO UMMM YESSSS!:biggrin::biggrin:

So in a couple hours I have some new tank inhabitants. Yay me

You are a lucky man, and its a nice mantis I wish I had a set up for it.

that mantis is very nice.

Hahaha, seen that mantis too, and I agree it's a nice one! Nice score!

Nice wife!! We have heard on here how some can be not so understanding.

Hopefully it wasn't a cruel April Fools joke! : )

Life is not FAIR some times :-)

I say your wife has scored some major "brownie points" - you better have something really good in "the works" to top off that one! Way to go girl! And man, you are a very lucky one!

Pics or it didn't happen. :razz:

Not to bludgeon your dreams but it could be a April fools day joke!!!!!!

Bill

What Peacock Mantis???

Kevin

+1 for pics, if not consider this never of happened. Most of us have to sneak stuff through the back door when everyone is sleeping. LOL :mrgreen:

Just kidding you are a lucky man. It is a gorgeous mantis. I'll miss watching it chase the silversides around the tank,(aggressive eater). Enjoy.
Kevin

I was really hoping Doug would feed it the other night when I was in there but it wasn't dinner time :sad:

peacock mantis
 

you will love the mantis (is it an O.Scyllarus? i find sometimes the name peacock is given to random mantis shrimps at pet stores) i kept a scyllarus for a few years and absolutely loved it, truly amazing and fascinating creatures- bizarre looking with brilliant colors, very interactive with the bringer of food and other tank visitors (meaning people, any actual tank visitors were welcomed with a swift and brutal bludgeoning by the cocky mantis very impressive and fun to watch sorry my good snails and crabs you died honorably and left behind cool looking smashed shells for the mantis to decorate his always unfinished lair) and the intelligence of these things will blow your mind sometimes! anyway take good care of it and enjoy, i miss having one- RIP Bruce!

Yup it is in the tank now. I have the lights off so I will get pics tomorrow and yeah not sure what I am going to do to pay back this..and the boxer puppy I got 3 weeks ago......hmmm this will be huge:eek:

OH... pics on the boxer puppy as well.
Love them!!

Its a very nice mantis, lucky man

Coming from a fellow female, a full relaxing massage at a spa would be good payback. even if she's not a "spa type". Massages are awesome...as long as they are of the relaxing type, not the "get the knots out" type.