Meet Yoda, the peacock mantis

So sorry about Yoda

However, a small mantis would be fine in an 8 gallon without a protein skimmer. They don't mind messy water, and as long as it looks fairly clean it should be great.

Alex at Fifth Day could probably hook you up with a mantis. I got my Neogonodactylus Wennerae from him, and she has grown from .5" to 1.5" long And FAT. It seems her girth has increased more than length after molts.

 

ya I could talk to him. We haven't been to 5th day in a few weeks. We're due for a visit.

 

Aww boo!!! I was enjoying this thread until page 7.. bollicks! That was the most beautiful mantis I've ever see.. sorry for your loss.

 

Any of the gonodactylus or neogonodactylus species will be fine in a 8 gal. Gonodactylus Smithii would be the best, but very rare.

 

I'm sorry for your loss I'm sure it was nothing you did though

 

Ya I don't think it was our fault, we took very good care of her... it was just bad luck I guess, she apparently stressed from the move and then the molt on top of that.

a smithii would be nice, but they are rare.

We are thinking about buying a live rock and just putting it in the 8gal and just seeing what we get, but my thinking is, it costs way more than a mantis and we don't even know if we will get anything interesting. I think we would be better off just buying a $15 or $20 mantis. That way we know what we're getting and it's something that we want.

 

Hey there!

I was just reading through the post, and I wanted to say how sorry I am about Yoda.

~dCota

 

Stepho and I both had dreams and visions of getting a smithii...and we both ended up with an N. Wennerae

 

thanks dcota.

Ya pretty sure we won't be able to find a smithii, but we have about a month before we get another mantis.

 

Have you guys ever seen one of these? I think they are more rare than smithiis!

Odontodactylus cultrifer