stomatopods aka mantis shrimp

[psohn703]

Hi there. Just wanted to share some pics of my mantis shrimp
Gonodactylaceus ternatensis male

Pseudosquilla ciliata

Lysiosquillina maculata

Odontodactylus scyllarus

 

[Entomancer]

Nice, I love Stromatopods.

Is the L. maculata in a freshwater setup? The green stuff looks kind of like Java Moss, unless it's just a very similar-looking species of macroalgae.

 

[psohn703]

Na all mantis shrimp are saltwater. Its a macro algae call cheatomorphia or something like that but most people call it cheato.

 

[ShredderEmp]

How thick of glass do you have, because I hear they can break glass. These are very cool, especially how they have such good sight and a very unique way of hunting.

 

[psohn703]

Haha always fun to watch them hunt. Only the bigger smasher type of mantis can break glass, they can hit has hard as a .22 pistol. I keep my peacock in an acrylic 55 gallon aquarium.

 

[psohn703]

L. mac in burrow.

 

[monostomatic]

very nice

It always suprises me when i describe mantis shrimp to people and they are not amazed by them.
i am super jealous of your zebra!

 

[ShredderEmp]

It always suprises me when i describe mantis shrimp to people and they are not amazed by them.
i am super jealous of your zebra!

I'm jealous of all of them haha.

 

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Awesome critters!