mantis shrimp

mantis shrimp

This guy came with some live rock i put into my aquarium last week..

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some bream i caught..http://s620.photobucket.com/home/lightertheif/allalbums

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hlokk's picture

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Awesome coloured mantis.

Fri, 2009-06-26 23:11

Awesome coloured mantis. Some can be pretty brownish and boring by comparison.


I hear one clicking in my tank, but i've never seen it :p

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Awesome

Fri, 2009-06-26 23:22

How good is the detail, check out his eyes!!

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Mantis shrimp can move their

Sat, 2009-06-27 00:05

Mantis shrimp can move their eyes independently, each has its own 3d view and they can see IR/visible/UV and polarized light. We're practically blind compared to them Yell

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and

Sat, 2009-06-27 06:59

the fastest movement of a limb, of any animal on the planet.

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pain in the arse in a fish

Sat, 2009-06-27 11:41

pain in the arse in a fish tank though, hlokk you may have a pistol shrimp.

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Yeah, without seeing it its

Sat, 2009-06-27 11:52

Yeah, without seeing it its hard to tell. Crabs seem to be ok, fish seem to be ok, so doesnt seem to be doing much damage. I have no idea what its eating.

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probably copepods and

Sat, 2009-06-27 11:56

probably copepods and amphipods

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Interesting that youve never

Sat, 2009-06-27 17:48

Interesting that youve never seen it Hlokk, this guy is whizzing in and out of rocks all day long, constantly looking for prey. It endlessly examines every nook and cranny

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some bream i caught..http://s620.photobucket.com/home/lightertheif/allalbums

MASA - Marine Aquarium Societies Australia http://www.masa.asn.au/masa/index.html