dapel
08/03/2004, 02:59 PM
So then to those who remember about my tank setup/situation, I finally moved last weekend and yesterday I stopped by TP and talked to Eddie about one of their new mantids. I got her and carefully adapted her to her new environment and she's doing great.
Thing is I have 7 blue damsels and 6 larger turbos in there and she doesn't seem to be bothered by any them. The tank is pretty large for just one mantis so she was running around the tank and digging holes everywhere. Then she would lay on her back and relax in the hole, or do some weird summersaults. When I would come up to her she'd flip right over and hide again with her little two eyeballs staring at me. This morning I counted 6 damsels. But other than that it's been interesting watching her move around.
The mantis is around 3.5"- 4" and is a darker red color, with yellow antenna things. Poking her head in and out of the crevices seems to be favorite thing to do. Eddie tells me this mantis is very aggressive, yes, during the transport she was flicking every chance she gets. While in the tank I had my green fish net next to her and she would come up and give it a hard flick.
I'll get pics up after Wed once I get my home connection back online. But yeah, any comments?
Thing is I have 7 blue damsels and 6 larger turbos in there and she doesn't seem to be bothered by any them. The tank is pretty large for just one mantis so she was running around the tank and digging holes everywhere. Then she would lay on her back and relax in the hole, or do some weird summersaults. When I would come up to her she'd flip right over and hide again with her little two eyeballs staring at me. This morning I counted 6 damsels. But other than that it's been interesting watching her move around.
The mantis is around 3.5"- 4" and is a darker red color, with yellow antenna things. Poking her head in and out of the crevices seems to be favorite thing to do. Eddie tells me this mantis is very aggressive, yes, during the transport she was flicking every chance she gets. While in the tank I had my green fish net next to her and she would come up and give it a hard flick.
I'll get pics up after Wed once I get my home connection back online. But yeah, any comments?