I decided to go out today (despite piles of homework and only having extremely little time) to get my lizard some calcium supplements and to start considering keeping button corals.
Boy was I glad glad glad I did!!! Once again (as I do twice a week) I asked the annoyed shop keepers whether they had stomatopods in stock.
Well, at one of the shops...they had 4 (FOUR!) mantis shrimps which were bagged and still in their polystyrene shipping box.
I had a hard time choosing between two 2.5" Odontodactylus (don't know the specific species), an unknown 4" with a pale exoskelleton and red legs and a 3" with a mottled shell (which almost looked like shell rot)
Apparently they al came form the Phillipines. My N. wennerae is noy in my refugium where I hope the caulerpa will encourage him to keep his green color. He hasn't exited his PVC tube more than twice for the whole time I've had him anyway, so I guess my fuge will have enough space for him.
I'm hoping my other mantis shrimp will be a little more outgoing than my wennerae. My wennerae is still my favorite though.
Boy was I glad glad glad I did!!! Once again (as I do twice a week) I asked the annoyed shop keepers whether they had stomatopods in stock.
Well, at one of the shops...they had 4 (FOUR!) mantis shrimps which were bagged and still in their polystyrene shipping box.
I had a hard time choosing between two 2.5" Odontodactylus (don't know the specific species), an unknown 4" with a pale exoskelleton and red legs and a 3" with a mottled shell (which almost looked like shell rot)
Apparently they al came form the Phillipines. My N. wennerae is noy in my refugium where I hope the caulerpa will encourage him to keep his green color. He hasn't exited his PVC tube more than twice for the whole time I've had him anyway, so I guess my fuge will have enough space for him.
I'm hoping my other mantis shrimp will be a little more outgoing than my wennerae. My wennerae is still my favorite though.
