Purple spot mantis being sold as a peacock

[BLUElobster99]

So my lfs guy ordered me a peacock mantis shrimp. Well I went there to see it yesterday and it's obviously not a peacock. It's lime green with two purple spots. So I ask my lfs guy if he's use its a peacock.. He said yes. So I go home and do some research and it's obviously a purple spot mantis. So I have two questions... How do I tell the guy it's not a peacock? And what is a fair price for a 3.5 inch purple spot mantis?

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[Mattyfelts]

print out the research, and go and confront him. tell him its a purple spot straight up.

 

[54seaweed]

what is a fair price for a 3.5 inch purple spot mantis

Blue zoo sells them $59.95

 

[BLUElobster99]

Here's a picture of him

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[BLUElobster99]

If it's 3.5 and I take good care of it... How long should I expect it to live?

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[dylan p]

http://youtu.be/F5FEj9U-CJM watch this


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[dylan p]

I've heard of people keeping them for over 4 years


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[JessiNoel21]

I had my peacock for 10 yrs


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[dylan p]

I've always wanted one can you put 2 together? Or like a zebra and a peacock?


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[BLUElobster99]

Simple answer, no. The only time I've heard of two mantis shrimp living together was two n. Wenerae living in a 120gal. (keep in mind that those guys only reach like 3.5 inches) I've never heard of a peacock being successfully kept with a zebra

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[BLUElobster99]

Actually, since peacocks and zebras are usually collected at a pretty decent size you could use an egg rate divider. Even better would be to use an acrylic divider and silicone it in before you fill the tank with water. If you do go down that path just make sure to drill a decent amount of holes in the acrylic so that you have adequate flow in the tank.

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