12 gallon Mantis tank pics

Out To Sea · 08-30-2007, 07:07 PM

I have a 12 gallon nano-cube DX, and here are some pictues. It currentaly has:

Fish:
1 6-line wrasse

Inverts:
1 Wennerae Mantis shrimp
1-2 Peppermint shimp (caught by me

)
5-10 Scarlet, blue legged, and red legged hermits
2-4 Nasscarius snails
2 Blank mexican turbo snails

Corals:
Hammer
Acanthanstrea
Palythoas
2 different kinds of zoanthids
2 different kinds of mushrooms

The tank

Acanthanstrea

Zoas and Palys

Mushrooms

Hammer Coral (leaning in first pic, so pics after are of it after I moved it, pissed off and shrunk)

leveldrummer · 08-30-2007, 08:55 PM

very nice looking tank! i dont see too many people keeping a mantis in a setup like that, how big is yours? got any pics of it? you dont have any trouble with it throwing sand every where, and killing everything?

**Scuba Kid** · 08-31-2007, 09:23 AM

Nice tank...

You do realize that mantis shrimp are predatory? Don't be surprised if those pretty shrimp and hermits become a snack....

And they are smashers, so they require live food occasionally to hunt down...this keeps their appendages in good condition.

Ice · 08-31-2007, 01:00 PM

Heh - no pic of mantis shrimp ...

Out To Sea · 08-31-2007, 02:23 PM

leveldrummer- its a 12 gallon nanocube. The mantis has never dug, but he has chisled a hole into the live rock. He is very neat, doesnt move things around, and doesnt throw sand anywhere.

Scuba Kid- Of course I did tons of reserch before getting my mantis. Thing is, she will only eat frozen foods handed to her. She has never touched my fish, crabs, snails, or shrimp. All live out there natural lives. It won't even attempt to kill a hermit if you throw a tiny one in its lair, she will just throw it right back out. I really wanted a mean one, the kind that will rear up and pop the glass when your looking at it, but I was acutally able to pull some long algae strands from the front of its burrow without being bothered

Ill post some older pics of my mantis, and im currently trying to get her to let me take new ones

This is when I set up the tank March of '06

Out To Sea · 08-31-2007, 02:26 PM

leveldrummer · 08-31-2007, 10:44 PM

that is just awesome! kudo's for doing what few have done.

Ice · 08-31-2007, 11:34 PM

Wow ! Awesome !!

k-dawg- · 09-01-2007, 03:22 PM

WOAH handfeeding a mantis, your brave, I set up a 5.5 for one but i'm still looking for a mantis to put in there, where did you get yours?

08-30-2007, 07:07 PM	#1
Out To Sea Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 18 Posts: 7	12 gallon Mantis tank pics I have a 12 gallon nano-cube DX, and here are some pictues. It currentaly has: Fish: 1 6-line wrasse Inverts: 1 Wennerae Mantis shrimp 1-2 Peppermint shimp (caught by me ) 5-10 Scarlet, blue legged, and red legged hermits 2-4 Nasscarius snails 2 Blank mexican turbo snails Corals: Hammer Acanthanstrea Palythoas 2 different kinds of zoanthids 2 different kinds of mushrooms The tank Acanthanstrea Zoas and Palys Mushrooms Hammer Coral (leaning in first pic, so pics after are of it after I moved it, pissed off and shrunk)

08-30-2007, 08:55 PM	#2
leveldrummer something like a pimp Join Date: May 2005 Location: atlanta Age: 29 Posts: 1,933	very nice looking tank! i dont see too many people keeping a mantis in a setup like that, how big is yours? got any pics of it? you dont have any trouble with it throwing sand every where, and killing everything? __________________ The meek shall inherit the Earth. Big deal. By the time they get it the rest of us will have messed it all up.

08-31-2007, 09:23 AM	#3
Scuba Kid Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 18 Posts: 4,224	Nice tank... You do realize that mantis shrimp are predatory? Don't be surprised if those pretty shrimp and hermits become a snack.... And they are smashers, so they require live food occasionally to hunt down...this keeps their appendages in good condition. __________________ Current setups: 1800 gallon koi pond, 10 gallon planted, 150 gallon reef, other FOWLR tanks

08-31-2007, 10:44 PM	#7
leveldrummer something like a pimp Join Date: May 2005 Location: atlanta Age: 29 Posts: 1,933	that is just awesome! kudo's for doing what few have done. __________________ The meek shall inherit the Earth. Big deal. By the time they get it the rest of us will have messed it all up.

09-01-2007, 03:22 PM	#9
k-dawg- Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Age: 18 Posts: 191	WOAH handfeeding a mantis, your brave, I set up a 5.5 for one but i'm still looking for a mantis to put in there, where did you get yours? __________________ Kevin 5.5G Nano Reef 50G Reef

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08-31-2007, 01:00 PM	#4
Ice Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Age: 43 Posts: 532	Heh - no pic of mantis shrimp ...

08-31-2007, 02:23 PM	#5
Out To Sea Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 18 Posts: 7	leveldrummer- its a 12 gallon nanocube. The mantis has never dug, but he has chisled a hole into the live rock. He is very neat, doesnt move things around, and doesnt throw sand anywhere. Scuba Kid- Of course I did tons of reserch before getting my mantis. Thing is, she will only eat frozen foods handed to her. She has never touched my fish, crabs, snails, or shrimp. All live out there natural lives. It won't even attempt to kill a hermit if you throw a tiny one in its lair, she will just throw it right back out. I really wanted a mean one, the kind that will rear up and pop the glass when your looking at it, but I was acutally able to pull some long algae strands from the front of its burrow without being bothered Ill post some older pics of my mantis, and im currently trying to get her to let me take new ones This is when I set up the tank March of '06

08-31-2007, 02:26 PM	#6
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08-31-2007, 11:34 PM	#8
Ice Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Age: 43 Posts: 532	Wow ! Awesome !!

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