Ram Man's 5 gallon cube of death.

[saltwater4life]

umm i'm not sure there about 5-7" long with green and some red about 2.5" thick i'll ask them next time so your matis is like a dog that only is nice to his owner

 

[ram man]

like a dog i guess... a dog that is agressive and likes to cut my fingers.

 

[saltwater4life]

he's cut your fingers those are bad cuts they leave right?
next you should get one of these Octopuses my LFS has it's kinda dumb because they are Venomous and there is no anti venom... one hit you got 30 minutes to live or something like that

 

[ram man]

blue ring octopus? usualy only priffesors at universities buy them, if i did have a peacock it would pwn the octopus, even a smithii with a well placed stab inbetween the eyes can kill a bluering.

 

[saltwater4life]

yea i watch some videos on you tube of peacocks killing octopus and eels and even a small shark... so sad.....and yea i don't know who the heck would buy those since if you put your hand in your tank you run the risk of dieing...

 

[ram man]

same way people get a hold of scorpions and dangerous snakes, you have to be 21 with a valid drivers liscense, and you have to know what the animal is capable of, and also sign a release say the store is not responsible for any injuries.

 

[saltwater4life]

yea when i seen them last time i was there i asked him about them and he showed my this contracked i'd have to sign i was like ... it was like sign here if you agree that you're taking a life and death risk and you underside that these fish are and most likely will try to attack you if you dont underside how they act and stuff i was just thinking why would you wanna buy those... well i guess some people do anyways hows your tank coming along???

 

[ram man]

its coming along ok, still have to add more corals

 

[saltwater4life]

does the mantis mess with them at all?
got any new pic's??
BTW you should of gotten your mantis off the web and gotten this peacock cheaper
Mantis Shrimp - Peacock

 

[Igor The Cat]

^pssst that is sold out, pluss that site has hella hidden charges.

cheers

-Java

 

[ram man]

psst, that mantis is not a peacock, its a g.smithii. these idiots on the sites say its a peacock because they want to sell it and they only know of one mantis, a peacock.

also a 5 gallon isnt big enough for a peacock to even turn around in. I would have needed to buy a big tank with thick glass, probably a 29 gallon. And personally i think the color of the peacock mantis is overdone, i like the smithiis alot better.

And no mantis shrimp do not mess with or eat corals, if the frag is not glued down then the mantis might use it in its burrow.

and with that site, that is a mantis that is in horrible condition, i can count at least 5 injuries of an unhealthy mantis on it.

 

[saltwater4life]

that's sad if it's that injured and that they missed named it well they sound cool maybe when i get some money saved up i'll think about getting one of those little kits and set it up

 

[ram man]

next weekend i should be getting a new zoanthid colony. ill post pics as soon as i get it

 

[saltwater4life]

cool yea i hope i get a new coral this week good luck how the mantis doing?

 

[ram man]

he is doing ok, ran out of hermits today

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

you better feed him soon or that little pack rat might start stashing again.

 

[saltwater4life]

you still got your cucumber or you already sell it?
btw if you go to your lfs alot thats cool other wised do what i was thinking if i got a mantis
Blueleg Hermit Crab - Group of 10 (Clibanarius tricolor)
or
Turbo/Astrea Snail - Group of 10 (Astrea tecta)

 

[ram man]

I thought multiple heavy water changes would get rid of algae, but i found out it only makes hair algae alot worse...

 

[saltwater4life]

yea i found that out too i had some on my back of my tank and i did a few water changes and then the next day my algae was crazy covoring everything

 

[saltwater4life]

Hey Ram man i might get one of these little guys and i was woundering what i should get i'm thinking ether 5g or 10g i see it looks like all you got is a PH in there is that all?