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Shrimpguy
05-28-2009, 8:26 PM
i just bought a little brownish red mantis for 20dallors and was thinking if it grows bigger would it change colors?
And by the way it is a 2inch mantis
cam191919
05-28-2009, 8:54 PM
idk, theres a ton of types of mantis, he may just be that color. post a pic, heres mine :D
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1197&pictureid=10343 (http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1197&pictureid=10343)
Nice man, get pics, I love these shrimps. It should change colors from my research on them, but i have never had the opportunity to have one. I hear they need there own tank, or they will terrorize everything. Could be wrong though.
Shrimpguy
05-29-2009, 1:30 AM
cant post any pics cus my sister broke my cam,it will be cool if every one who owns a mantis post a pic in here tho.
cam191919
05-29-2009, 12:00 PM
^ lol, same thing happened to me. i got a better one tho so its all good ;)
KingConch
05-30-2009, 11:53 AM
i agree with Nue from what ive read some will change color eventually depending on what kind of lights and decor you have in the tank
Edit: cam is there algae growing on your mantis ? :shocked:
cam191919
05-30-2009, 1:25 PM
yes, i got him from an lfs that kept him in an plastic box in under reef lighting, nothing to hide under. its going away tho
Shrimpguy
06-01-2009, 4:49 PM
ok so what are u feeding your mantis shrimp and when do yah feed em?
cam191919
06-01-2009, 5:43 PM
he like silversides, scallops, feeder shrimp, and any fishfood he can grab. theres always like 6 feeder shrimp in the tank, but i may stop that because of a risk of speading diseases. i normally give him a small piece of a fish or scallop ever other day.
Reefkid 07
06-17-2009, 8:07 AM
I used to have one of these, dark red-brown. I forget what he was called but he had some sort of a "hammer" as his ultimate mantis superpower. I took him out of the reef because my LFS wanted him badly to keep as his personal pet.
cam191919
06-17-2009, 1:22 PM
well mine shed and went from that purple to neco wafer green, so with every shed he should change
here he is now, playing with a crab. hes a lot lighter than in the pic, so it was a considerable color change
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Tangalong
06-30-2009, 8:35 PM
Pretty Stomatopod...I just lost mine (Bree) a couple of weeks ago. Her reef collapsed and I think something broke in her carapace. Sad. She was a joy. I had her over 6 months...she was 6 " long and had beautiful peacock coloring. I don't know if you know, but they are light-sensitive. I used actinic on mine and PVC for her burrow. She had made herself quite a castle. I like the color your's changed into. They get a bad rap. Speaking of, the poster wondered about the "hammer"...it is called a rapt. Just joined AC and don't know quite how to navigate yet...hope I haven't intruded.
WRAragon
06-30-2009, 8:40 PM
WOW I have never seen one of these. Those are awesome!!
cam191919
06-30-2009, 10:21 PM
Pretty Stomatopod...I just lost mine (Bree) a couple of weeks ago. Her reef collapsed and I think something broke in her carapace. Sad. She was a joy. I had her over 6 months...she was 6 " long and had beautiful peacock coloring. I don't know if you know, but they are light-sensitive. I used actinic on mine and PVC for her burrow. She had made herself quite a castle. I like the color your's changed into. They get a bad rap. Speaking of, the poster wondered about the "hammer"...it is called a rapt. Just joined AC and don't know quite how to navigate yet...hope I haven't intruded.
oh no problem. this isnt my thread, but i have another thread with my mantis on the hunt. a lot of people deal with stomatopods in one way or another, if you have any pics of your late mantis, post a thread so we can see :D
Tangalong
07-02-2009, 4:31 AM
We just got cam to take pics...will take some reading to learn how...just got the memory card and then will take some pics.I don't have any of bree...she was a really pretty Peacock....lots of bright blue and red. Her rapts were bright orange.
Tangalong
07-02-2009, 4:33 AM
BTW...I have really slow dial-up, so can't do a lot with pics and can't see some (especially videos...bummer) that others post. I'll be glad when they bring this part of the country to the next century..lol
Antinostact
08-31-2009, 4:58 AM
Hi
answers are, Yes, Pistols have one claw much larger than the other and are more shrimp like hwere Mantis are more lobsterish if thats a real word, but you get what I mean
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