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03-08-2007, 07:36 PM
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Well, I know people are still looking at the thread, so im just gonna keep on posting.
I did a rush job of turning the setup into an emergency holding tank yesterday:  Because I picked up a special guest. Everyone - I would like to introduce you to Mac:  I would like to thank the good follks a Gold aquariums for getting him in, and especially Tim for letting me know he was there. I was really glad to find that Mark still has a good supply of nutritious and delicious snails - I picked up a bag of them and Mac is smashing away as I type (the sound brings back good memories of when I had Ike). Here he is showing off:  - Chad
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03-08-2007, 07:38 PM
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He's gorgeous !
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03-08-2007, 08:28 PM
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Wow the colours are awesome. Makes me almost want to setup ("yet another") tank so I could keep one too!
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03-08-2007, 08:40 PM
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Wow.. what a beauty.
A mantis tank looks like it would be lots of fun.... Do I ever hate this hobby. 
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03-08-2007, 08:50 PM
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Thanks guys!
The original plan for this tank didn't include a mantis. The idea was to have a soft coral garden that I could comfortably work in and prune. I guess I can still do that... just with an element of danger now. Seriously though, after keeping my first mantis I was smitten, they are easily the most rewarding animal that I have ever kept in this hobby (I've never had a puffer though... their owners seem pretty attached to them too). I have always wanted a peacock but my past nanos were too small for one. I guess my new goal is something like: "devote vast sums of time and money to the keeping of a single, small, invertebrate" - Chad
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03-08-2007, 08:53 PM
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Love the mantis!!!
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03-08-2007, 09:36 PM
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wow even for a peacock mantis, that baby has gorgeous colours! My tank is all set up, i just need to find my own mantis... the search continues.
I feel obliged to ask though, how thick is the glass? Becaus a large full grown and angry peacock is capable of smashing glass. You could probably get away with unusually thick glass if you don't bother it from the outside. And i assume you know that a mantis might steal a few frags once in a while for its own home?
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