My New Zebra Mantis Monster!

[Fish Eat Fish]

lol so you need a setup with a good filter right? live rock... and good light with deep sand... how deep? and do you need an acrylic tank for them? im starting to really want one. are they expensive?

Good filter and for my mantis he will need a 20+" sand bed....so a custom tank is going to be needed. I would not get one unless you have a good amount of fish keeping experience and dont mind a creature which prefers a secluded lifestyle.

Hey FEF, I just thought of this while reading through this thread....

To keep from having any rockfalls in your reef, put four stilts to hold up the eggcrate with cut holes of a certain diameter to allow the mantis burrowing sites. Then stack the rock work on the eggcrate where the holes arent fill up with sand and he is only allowed certain openings which you can make it so that his opening is in the front of the glass so you can see his whole body while buried this way he can dig as many tunnels as he wishes but your rock formation is completely safe. (If I confused you just ask me I can go into more detail with you)

Cool idea! Ill have to try it when I tear down the tank to move in the fall

 

[kendog1]

thats unreal, ive never seen that before, great footage

 

[kendog1]

your gonna have to shoot more when it gets bigger

 

[Fish Eat Fish]

thats unreal, ive never seen that before, great footage

Thanks

your gonna have to shoot more when it gets bigger

Will do!

 

[kendog1]

cant wait, power feed that sucker

 

[puffcrusader696]

get a vid of it attacking something live like a crab and post it on youtube and teel us! that would be awesome!

 

[Fish Eat Fish]

get a vid of it attacking something live like a crab and post it on youtube and teel us! that would be awesome!

its a spearer...it lives with crabs

I put a damsel in there but I left my room for a second and by the time I came back it was gone

 

[puffcrusader696]

its a spearer...it lives with crabs

I put a damsel in there but I left my room for a second and by the time I came back it was gone

well that wont work! lol... maybe eating a fish. just eating something that will fight back. lol

 

[Nic]

awesome video.... i love mantis shrimps never see them around me for sale though

 

[Fish Eat Fish]

awesome video.... i love mantis shrimps never see them around me for sale though

Thanks. Hes an amazing creature. I have yet to find anything that is pound for pound any more monster At least in my opinion