Juan's 85 Gal Mantis Lair

jpsika08

jpsika08

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sk8rdn

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jpsika08 said:
LFS will bring in Fred tomorrow, I don't have the guts to do it myself LOL
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Smart man... Make sure he counts his fingers before he leaves the house... Lol.

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Blue Space

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Hmmm... Fred? How about Rock-a-feller?! Cuz he's gonna rock that feller when he bashes them up side the head and with a house like that he's definitely going to need a "bigger" name than Fred. The notorious Rock-a-feller! Man, that has a great ring to it! :D
 
jpsika08

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Blue Space said:
Hmmm... Fred? How about Rock-a-feller?! Cuz he's gonna rock that feller when he bashes them up side the head and with a house like that he's definitely going to need a "bigger" name than Fred. The notorious Rock-a-feller! Man, that has a great ring to it! :D
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Ding Ding Ding that's a great name! The Notorious Rock-A-Feller LOL, thanks.

So here onward he will be called The Notorious Rock-A-Feller

gareeferman said:
hey Juan,is Fred a spearer or smasher?
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Reggie, Rock-A-Feller is a smasher.

Built347 said:
Alright Juan!!
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Thanks Devon :D
 
PIMPALA

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open top + peacock = dangerous. Mine jumped out of the open top twice before i got a lid
 
Built347

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open top + peacock = dangerous. Mine jumped out of the open top twice before i got a lid
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Remembering back I think Jason is the one who recommended lids.. I've never seen mine bounce off the lid but seeing her jet across the aquarium its not hard to see why lids are a good idea...
 
StirCrayzy

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jpsika08 said:
Reggie, Rock-A-Feller is a smasher.
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I dont know much about mantis, but love to watch them.
i thought they could choose whether to smash or spear at will, by just extending the thingy if needed during strike?

Juan, will we have the pleasure of live cam?
 
PIMPALA

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StirCrayzy said:
I dont know much about mantis, but love to watch them.
i thought they could choose whether to smash or spear at will, by just extending the thingy if needed during strike?

Juan, will we have the pleasure of live cam?
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No sir. The smasher and the spearer have two different types of appendages. One looks like a hammer, and one looks like a spear. Smashers mostly eat snails, crabs, bivalves, and small inverts. They rarely eat live fish, unless they are slow moving, or the mantis is very hungry and catches one sleeping. The spearers mostly dine on fish and small crustations.


They also require different habitats and different types of homes, and prefer different types of substrate. But I won't go into all that on Juan's thread.


The tank looks awesome buddy!
 
jpsika08

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PIMPALA said:
open top + peacock = dangerous. Mine jumped out of the open top twice before i got a lid
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Thanks Jason, the tank is full covered on the top right now, don't want to take any chances.

Built347 said:
Remembering back I think Jason is the one who recommended lids.. I've never seen mine bounce off the lid but seeing her jet across the aquarium its not hard to see why lids are a good idea...
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Thanks Devon, I wouldn't want to go in the fishroom and surprise, Rock-A-Feller crawl on me smashing my head hahahaah

StirCrayzy said:
I dont know much about mantis, but love to watch them.
i thought they could choose whether to smash or spear at will, by just extending the thingy if needed during strike?

Juan, will we have the pleasure of live cam?
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Hey Josh, I have had trouble with my home internet, it's already working, please let me know if you can access, I will point it towards the Lair.

PIMPALA said:
No sir. The smasher and the spearer have two different types of appendages. One looks like a hammer, and one looks like a spear. Smashers mostly eat snails, crabs, bivalves, and small inverts. They rarely eat live fish, unless they are slow moving, or the mantis is very hungry and catches one sleeping. The spearers mostly dine on fish and small crustations.


They also require different habitats and different types of homes, and prefer different types of substrate. But I won't go into all that on Juan's thread.


The tank looks awesome buddy!
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Jason, please provide as much information as you can, it's really helpful and very welcomed.
 
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