moneypit2
08/19/2011, 08:08 AM
Walked into the store for fish food and walked out with a beautiful 6" mantis. Im not ashamed to admit that this was an impulse purchase if ever there was one so I hit a snag or two along the way. I already had a 29gal biocube running about a year, so I netted the valentini puffer and tried to net the watchman goby, but he was too quick. Funny thing is ....that goby swam into the net after a day or two with a 6"mantis. Day 3 and the mantis is on his side acting weird. So I panic, cover the tank in a black blanket,shut off all the lights ,cover all the windows, put a 2" black u shaped pipe, and pray he doesnt die. Well now ,a week later and hes looking good, eating shrimp and crab, can make the u-turn in th pipe snuggly, but im still concerned about him breaking the glass. After seeing the prices of acrylic tanks I decided to make my own so I now have a 19" drilled cube and I plan on doing a sump with live rock and a fuge. One question... I saw some nice tunnel setups but I also saw one post stating they prefer just one u shaped tube as opposed to a maze with various entrance and exits. Is there a clear answer to this I was planning on doing a maze but now I'm not so sure. Thanks for taking the time to read my post, I just wish I found this place sooner...... better late than never. Heres a video of him ?her? on day 2
http://m.youtube.com/?source=mobileproducts&dc=gorganic&source=mog#/profile?user=Peter25410985982940&v=NKWILuNQ12U&view=videos
http://m.youtube.com/?source=mobileproducts&dc=gorganic&source=mog#/profile?user=Peter25410985982940&v=NKWILuNQ12U&view=videos