Triplemom's 14 Biocube mantis tank! What???

Oh man, awsome smithii.....I was planning on setting up a biocube 29 with a mantis shrimp soon too hahaha too bad I cant find anyone selling one in Toronto =3..

 

MY mother thinks I'm absolutely nuts for having all these tanks (she doesn't know I'm up to 4 now)!

 

A few more random Bo pictures.



Rahr! I guess he didn't like the camera in his face!


He does his own tank maintenance. ;D

 

hahaha too cute

 

nice.. can you keep these type of shrimp in a refugium?

 

I guess you could keep one in a refugium, but if you're refugium is like mine (in the sump), you've never see the mantis! Part of the fun with Bo is the interaction. He's particularly fascinated with our dog - it's pretty funny to watch.

 

Hahaha yeah he always comes out to stare at our dog when our dog is in the room He watches him sleep sometimes...yeah...weird.

And what is this, mom??? We have FOUR tanks?? I knew you were hiding something in the closet...

 

Don't forget about the freshwater tank in the kitchen that has been running continually since you were 4 years old! ;D

 

Jwin and I were bugging Bo today (actually I wanted to see if he would come out and hit the tongs, which he did).

 

It's been almost a year since my last post on this thread. Sad times in mantis-land. Last week, we found Bo dead in his den. He had been really lively right before, smashing snails like crazy. Usually, he would go into a molt right after a time like that so I didn't really get concerned when he "disappeared." A few days later, I got Jwin to start looking for him with a flashlight. He found him in his den and didn't think he was moving. He didn't look like he was in the process of a molt, so we don't know what happened. I don't know the life expectancy of a G. smithii - we had him a good year and a half and he really hadn't grown since we got him - he had molted many times, but pretty much stayed the same size. So, his tank is still running with nothing but the purple pseudochromis.

I'm considering leaving the pseudo in there and converting the Biocube 14 to a frag tank. I've actually had success trading a few frags at the LFS. 8)

Of course, Jwin wants me to upgrade to a peacock mantis in a Biocube 29, so will another mantis tank build be in my future???? :-/