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@Stomatopods17
Nice catch!! Where did your rocks come from? I just assumed you had Florida rock, and likely got the common Florida N. wennerae mantis, but those do not look like N, wennerae to me from those pics.
Phillipp drops his rock in the straits.I got mine from Tampa Bay Saltwater, and from I've read most people get the N. wennerae on that rock. I don't know if KP is using a different local for their rock that may have some different critters in that area. The member I tagged before will get you straightened out, if someone else doesn't come along sooner.
He is a cool little shrimp! I like his patternsI managed to catch the first of 2 mantis shrimps. Can anyone ID this?
Any chance you could get a clear pic of the meral spots (the inside of the arms just above the spear/smasher), and of the antennal scale (the big, feather-looking things on the head)?I managed to catch the first of 2 mantis shrimps. Can anyone ID this?
I was thinking that as well, but I couldn't tell for sure on the spots.N. Oerstedii.
They're faint in the picture, but purple/pink meral spots are the give away.
I highly doubt it’s that spearer… and if you have some in your tank, they wouldn’t eat inverts.L. Glabriuscula
I found 2 in my KP order 1 of which is still in the display and hasn't bothered anything of value yet
Yeah I was told the one I caught when quarantining the rock was L. Glabriuscula so not being a mantis expert I figured the one that made it into the display was the same. I was also told that the majority of juvenile mantis spend all their time in rock due to cannibalism. As for his diet ? I haven't lost any small fish..... yet?I highly doubt it’s that spearer… and if you have some in your tank, they wouldn’t eat inverts.