New Mantis or have I got it all wrong?

[Limbo]

New to this mantis thing, had one about 4 weeks.

Anyway, my wife is convinced that our mantis called Norman is not a mantis at all, and I'm starting to think so too. Came as a hitchhiker on some Florida rock.

Anyone tell me what species this is, or that it's not a mantis? (Gonna feel real dumb if he's not :eek: )

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/68753Norman1.jpg

My wife has her suspicions as we've not hear any knocking and he has yet to kill anything. We have a couple of peppermint shrimp, hermits and last night I added some smaller snails and a small emerald. I thought maybe he was a fussy eater :)

So this morning I awake to find this!!!!!!

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/68753Norman_and_crab.jpg

Not quite the killer I was hoping for :hammer: My work colleagues suggested some kung-fu movies for him to watch.

He was being fed bits of shrimp and squid every day or so, but I've not fed him for 3 days now in an attempt to get him to do some damage to something.

Do I have a pacifist mantis shrimp or some other critter?

Any suggestions to get him to kill? Keep starving till he has to?

[sdm]

That is DEFINITELY a mantis. Nice "red morph" mantis BTW. Dunno the species though...

[sdm]

also, based on the eye-shape I think he might be a neogonodactylus(sp?) or gonodactylus species.

[majestic sea life]

it looks like a N.wenn its going to get around 2.5'' and wont break glass a 5.5 or bigger tank for life is fine