Tank Journal Archive

[Sam Parker]

Just a quick update on my work pico, I no longer have a peppy in there as it was eating any coral I put in there.

So now that he has gone, I've added a couple of fungias that my angel decided to eat in my main tank and a small BTA. All is going well :)

Sam

 

[Sam Parker]

Couple more awesome iPhone pics with strange LED induced lines because I'd rather not be working :)

 

[lukusis]

I forgot about this, looking awesome! :D

 

[Azedenkae]

Love it! What a cute little tank.

 

[Sam Parker]

I forgot about this, looking awesome! :D

Yeah I kinda forgot to post updates on it as not too much happens in there. Whilst the shrimp was cool as it was as tame as any peppy I have ever seen before (would actually tell me when to feed by getting into its "spot" and dancing till I fed. lol) he was a major pain in the ass as I couldn't keep anything else in there. Lost a number of nice zoa frags and a duncan that he thought looked tasty..

Since losing him and adding these corals, I have grown a new respect for how cool they are. The overhang one of the fungias is getting is full on!

 

[Buddy]

Pretty sure this tank needs a nice looking mantis now :)

 

[daveH]

I got rid of my peppermint shrimp also - the little shit would eat the centres out of all my Acans. :mad:

 

[Sam Parker]

Pretty sure this tank needs a nice looking mantis now :)

Would a mantis be comfortable in a tank this size? If so, I'd be keen as mustard. If anyone at work gave me the shits, I could feed them to the mantis!

 

[Buddy]

Would a mantis be comfortable in a tank this size? If so, I'd be keen as mustard. If anyone at work gave me the shits, I could feed them to the mantis!

I don't see why not. I think they mostly keep close to their burrow once established.
The only thing that could be a problem is that its meaty foods could raise the nutrients in the tank. I am not sure how often they need to be fed though.
Maybe someone else with more knowledge can chime in :D

 

[Sam Parker]

It still get's a weekly water change of 5l, 83% -should keep nutrients at bay.

How often do they feed?

 

[Agent M]

Bit of raw prawn in the work freezer, hehe

 

[CodyS]

Are there mini mantis species?

I reckon the ones I've seen would eventually outgrow it, but then just put it in your main tanks sump ;)

 

[Agent M]

I'm sure you'd be able to find a small one, the one I got in my rock years back was only 1 inch - tiny little guy. I wouldn't imagine they would grow all that rapidly but I guess you would find out!

 

[Sam Parker]

Having never knowingly kept a mantis, I'd just want to make sure that it would be comfortable in a tank this size. But yeah, from what I have seen - a small one would be comfortable in this tank for a fair while

 

[Agent M]

Mine was dwarfed in the 28L it was in, never came out from the rock that I saw, just a pair of eyes observing the world and grabbing passing food. They remind me a lot of scorpions in that way, happy not to move much if the food magically comes to them.

 

[Sam Parker]

ok cool, thanks for the input guys! I'll keep my eyes posted for a free/cheap mantis that comes up :D