Just bought a Smithii Mantis Shrimp

[RobD23]

I just got this guy at my old work Big Als... Told them I wouldn't pay more then 5 bucks for it. It's only about an inch long so tiny. Really cool, I'm pretty sure it's a Gonodactulus Smithii aka Purple spotted mantis. He's hard to see, still abit shy, although he is eating krill off of a stick

 

[Reefscape]

Super cool mantis...look forward to you getting some decent shots of the shrimp when it starts to come out into the open...

 

[Neko-Chan]

Which Big Al's was it at? =^_^=?

 

[RobD23]

Which Big Al's was it at? =^_^=?

The one in Mississauga Ontario suprisingly

 

[Neko-Chan]

oh so your the one who bought MR Pow Pow Shrimp!!!!!
I was checking his cage but when i looked he was gone!!! Just by looking a that mantis shrimp pic... i knew he looked Familiar!! ITZ MR Pow PoW! =^___^=

oo Ooo takes more pics of Mr Pow Pow and post them when he gets big or when hes not so shy! itll be fun =^___^=

 

[Mantis411]

does he do shipping?

 

[[enjoyable_attempt]]

oh so your the one who bought MR Pow Pow Shrimp!!!!!
I was checking his cage but when i looked he was gone!!! Just by looking a that mantis shrimp pic... i knew he looked Familiar!! ITZ MR Pow PoW! =^___^=

oo Ooo takes more pics of Mr Pow Pow and post them when he gets big or when hes not so shy! itll be fun =^___^=

lmao

 

[Mantis411]

i hate you, ive wanted a smithii but mantises are impossible come by where im from (New Brunswick Canada)

 

[glenbo]

The only time i see Mantis's is in Live Rock vats,nobody sells them in the UK and most LFS's kill them because they are so common.

 

[Malawi-]

Awesome mantis.