400 gallon project

[justinl]

sweet! something other than people are finally in there!

by the way in case you were curious about an ID of the mantids you have, my guess is almost definitely Neogonodactylus Wennerae. They are very common on LR shipments from tampabaysaltwater for some reason. I can't be surea bout your other mantis(es) but the one in the pic is a classic red morph of an N. wennerae.

Do you have any experience with these guys? I would give each mantis a separate tank. If you don't have room, please sell them, don't kill em.

[michika]

That is cool! What kind of rock is it?

[Joe Reefer]

What... no cloudy tank shot?

[untamed]

Originally Posted by Joe Reefer

What... no cloudy tank shot?

You know, there almost wasn't time. I went to bed and by the time I awoke, the tank had cleared.

I meant to post this one, but I forgot. Here is a tank view. You can see that I just tossed one extra rock into the display. That single rock contained 2 mantis. This first load of rock was supposed to be for the sump only, but I needed something to look at. I need a bit more sand, but not too much more since I intend to have the back portion of the tank bb.


I have some work to do on the CL outputs. A couple of them are hitting the sand too hard. I need to adjust their direction before I turn on the CLs.

[Midknight]

Dibs on any extra mantis you might end up with.

And everything is looking sweet.

[digitalsteve]

was there any hassle bringing the rock accross the border?

did you have to pay duty?

i am looking at ordering some rock from those guys... was the shipping price fair?

[justinl]

nice to hear about another mantis lover.

12 mantids will almost definitely not coexist. If you wan't to have coexisting mantids make sure you have lots and lots of holes in your LR (wennerae chill in holes in LR, not sand) of DIFFERING size. The only problem i see you having is the fact that they are wennerae and are one of the more aggressive mantids. Don't expect great results, but in a 400gal with lots of holey LR i expect a few will coexist quite nicely.

Do you mind posting a pic of the green mantis you got in the 2gal? How big is the mantis? No fully grown adult species i know of are recommended in a 2gal.

[untamed]

Originally Posted by digitalsteve

was there any hassle bringing the rock accross the border?

did you have to pay duty?

i am looking at ordering some rock from those guys... was the shipping price fair?

No hassle whatsoever.

No duty..just PST and GST

My shipment was 300 lbs and cost $200 US to ship.

[untamed]

Originally Posted by justinl

sweet!

Do you have any experience with these guys? I would give each mantis a separate tank. If you don't have room, please sell them, don't kill em.

Thanks for the ID. I've kept a green one in a small 2 gallon system for a couple of years now. I find them so entertaining that my intention is to keep all the mantis I get IN the new tank. Don't worry...I won't be killing them.

What do you think will happen if I have 12 or more in the main display tank? Do they kill each other?