My New Zebra Mantis Monster!

[JD7.62]

Thats cool man, love the choice of music too...fitting! haha

 

[VLDesign]

There is a Zebra mantis on Ebay right now.

 

[channarox]

wow.
cool video.
ive never seen a zebra before.

 

[Fish Eat Fish]

Thats cool man, love the choice of music too...fitting! haha

Thanks...I got lucky it was one of only a few I happened to have on my flash drive

There is a Zebra mantis on Ebay right now.

It took me forever to find mine.

wow.
cool video.
ive never seen a zebra before.

Thanks, hes a crazy little guy. I cannot wait till he is huge!

 

[puffcrusader696]

nice mantis! im starting to want one myself... are they hard to care for?

 

[killerfish]

awesome doesn it stay hidden all the time ?

 

[Ben_Jam_In]

That is sweet, I want to see him full grown and are they reef safe.

 

[Fish Eat Fish]

nice mantis! im starting to want one myself... are they hard to care for?

Yes and no. They are hardy but need a very specialized marine setup. Have to be kept almost alone and with a DEEP sand bed.

awesome doesn it stay hidden all the time ?

No, most of the time he will be part way buried though. Make it that much cooler when he comes out for food!

That is sweet, I want to see him full grown and are they reef safe.

Yea I cant wait till hes big! He is in a reef right now and hasnt done damage to anything. Although he does dig a maze underneath the sand and what ever rock work is above it.

 

[puffcrusader696]

lol so you need a setup with a good filter right? live rock... and good light with deep sand... how deep? and do you need an acrylic tank for them? im starting to really want one. are they expensive?

 

[Yoji_嬰孩]

Hey FEF, I just thought of this while reading through this thread....

To keep from having any rockfalls in your reef, put four stilts to hold up the eggcrate with cut holes of a certain diameter to allow the mantis burrowing sites. Then stack the rock work on the eggcrate where the holes arent fill up with sand and he is only allowed certain openings which you can make it so that his opening is in the front of the glass so you can see his whole body while buried this way he can dig as many tunnels as he wishes but your rock formation is completely safe. (If I confused you just ask me I can go into more detail with you)