mantis shrimp
Submitted by lighterthief on Fri, 2009-06-26 22:41
This guy came with some live rock i put into my aquarium last week..
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some bream i caught..http://s620.photobucket.com/home/lightertheif/allalbums
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hlokk
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Awesome coloured mantis.
Awesome coloured mantis. Some can be pretty brownish and boring by comparison.
I hear one clicking in my tank, but i've never seen it :p
Adam Gallash
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Awesome
How good is the detail, check out his eyes!!
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hlokk
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Mantis shrimp can move their
Mantis shrimp can move their eyes independently, each has its own 3d view and they can see IR/visible/UV and polarized light. We're practically blind compared to them
scotto
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and
the fastest movement of a limb, of any animal on the planet.
Dean
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pain in the arse in a fish
pain in the arse in a fish tank though, hlokk you may have a pistol shrimp.
hlokk
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Yeah, without seeing it its
Yeah, without seeing it its hard to tell. Crabs seem to be ok, fish seem to be ok, so doesnt seem to be doing much damage. I have no idea what its eating.
Dean
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probably copepods and
probably copepods and amphipods
lighterthief
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Interesting that youve never
Interesting that youve never seen it Hlokk, this guy is whizzing in and out of rocks all day long, constantly looking for prey. It endlessly examines every nook and cranny
some bream i caught..http://s620.photobucket.com/home/lightertheif/allalbums
MASA - Marine Aquarium Societies Australia http://www.masa.asn.au/masa/index.html