hardcore critters

miareefer · 04-09-2002, 10:28 AM

Heres a couple off pics i thought might be off intrest

miareefer · 04-09-2002, 10:42 AM

i caught this cray one evening recently on a reef walk on low tide i was walking in only a couple off feet off water admiring large amounts off stony corals to be pleasantly suprised to walk into a painted cray being a regular cray eater i tucked him in my shirt and made a b line for home with my bucket full off goodies i was suprised when i got home to find my wife cooking chicken and mouthing off about how chicken and cray dont mix so i figured id sit him in my refugium for overnight to chill out and we have him for lunch . well we went out for the weekend and had him 3 days later he was still very feisty and put up a fair to moderate fight on retreivel .

miareefer · 04-09-2002, 10:49 AM

Heres a pic off the whole refugium for size the small alcatraz style tupperware container has a mantis shrimp who is serving 20 years to life for crime commited against my tank he gets constant attention i really enjoy feeding him little pistol shrimps

miareefer · 04-09-2002, 10:55 AM

i have some mates who just cant get enough off this guy we have had some gladiator style fights with this fella he loves to smash crabs for breakfast and ime obliged to feed them to him he still very noisy and alerts me to when to feed him

miareefer · 04-09-2002, 11:01 AM

This tussle only lasted one punch the mantis splits them with ease and then he hugs up in a ball and eats every single bit till there nothing left

Northman_with_reef · 04-09-2002, 04:57 PM

Nica mantis!

What species is it???

I had a mantis once, It killed 200bucks of shrimp!

04-09-2002, 10:28 AM	#1
miareefer Contributing Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 213	hardcore critters Heres a couple off pics i thought might be off intrest

04-09-2002, 10:42 AM	#2
miareefer Contributing Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 213	suprise on a recent night reef walk i caught this cray one evening recently on a reef walk on low tide i was walking in only a couple off feet off water admiring large amounts off stony corals to be pleasantly suprised to walk into a painted cray being a regular cray eater i tucked him in my shirt and made a b line for home with my bucket full off goodies i was suprised when i got home to find my wife cooking chicken and mouthing off about how chicken and cray dont mix so i figured id sit him in my refugium for overnight to chill out and we have him for lunch . well we went out for the weekend and had him 3 days later he was still very feisty and put up a fair to moderate fight on retreivel .

04-09-2002, 10:49 AM	#3
miareefer Contributing Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 213	whole refugium Heres a pic off the whole refugium for size the small alcatraz style tupperware container has a mantis shrimp who is serving 20 years to life for crime commited against my tank he gets constant attention i really enjoy feeding him little pistol shrimps

04-09-2002, 10:55 AM	#4
miareefer Contributing Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 213	mantis i have some mates who just cant get enough off this guy we have had some gladiator style fights with this fella he loves to smash crabs for breakfast and ime obliged to feed them to him he still very noisy and alerts me to when to feed him

04-09-2002, 11:01 AM	#5
miareefer Contributing Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 213	dinner served This tussle only lasted one punch the mantis splits them with ease and then he hugs up in a ball and eats every single bit till there nothing left

04-09-2002, 04:57 PM	#6
Northman_with_reef Stonehammer Productions ™ Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Norway(Scandinavia) Posts: 461	Nica mantis! What species is it??? I had a mantis once, It killed 200bucks of shrimp! __________________ They said aquariums would be relaxing......(yeah right) Saltvannsforum My LFS

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