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Mantis shrimp food?
Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 4:52 pm
by OdiE-ThE-Fahaka
i saw a mantis shrimp on the most Xtreme show on animal planet and i think that a big fahaka puffer can kill one my lil brother keeps telling me that a mantis shrimp will kill a fahaka puffer. i think that my fahaka puffer will eat one. what do u guys think?
Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 5:23 pm
by Tihsho
Well this summer i was catching some in SandIsland (a beach in hawaii) and those buggers hurt. If they feel threatened they will snap their tails at you. A few got me pretty bad. But they were good fishing bait
. Well remember this aswell, they are SALTWATER inverts. Putting them into freshwater will kill them so if your puffer is intrested and likes them as food you maybe fine. When i put them in a bucket i thought my dad filled with salt water for live bait (water was actually fresh) they died almost instantly.
Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 5:44 pm
by Mickle
at work we have one lil green one going for £50!
Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 6:04 pm
by Tihsho
How many USD is that?
Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 10:32 pm
by mandycat
I do believe that putting a saltwater shrimp into a freshwater aquarium for your entertainment is cruel.
RTR Edit: Post edited for inappropriate content.
Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 11:00 pm
by Tihsho
mandycat wrote:I do believe that putting a saltwater shrimp into a freshwater aquarium for your entertainment is cruel.
Well, if this is directed to me then let me say a few things...
First of all, they were not put into a freshwater AQUARIUM it was a bucket. Second of all, it was not for the purpose of ENTERTAINMENT, it was pure ACCIDENT. So please if this was directed to what I had wrote please take the liberty of reading the posts so you get what is said before going off. And I do appologies if this was not aimed at me.
Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 11:39 pm
by mandycat
No, Tihsho, that was not directed at you. If you had took the time to read the posts, you would see it was directed at Odie...He wants to feed one to his fahaka, and thought it was necessary to post such a thought.
Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 11:57 pm
by Pufferpunk
Mandy, No need to be rude to Tihsho. Any more of this & you will be removed! You are not a mod here & you have no right to send posters elswhere.
OdiE-ThE-Fahaka, How old are you?
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 12:37 am
by Tihsho
Pufferpunk wrote:Mandy, No need to be rude to Tihsho. Any more of this & you will be removed! You are not a mod here & you have no right to send posters elswhere.
Thankz PP, sorry if my response seemed a bit rude though...
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 12:43 am
by Pufferpunk
Some folks can get anyone's dander up...
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 3:42 am
by Mickle
Tihsho wrote:How many USD is that?
$92
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 10:45 am
by mandycat
I am not trying to be rude. Because I am not a moderator I cant express that I think feeding a mantis shrimp to a Fahaka puffer is unnecessary? It was completley unrelated to tihshos post. Sorry (again, my ususl motto) for offending anyone. Just like feeding live huge rats to big snakes is unecessary because the rat could bite your snake and hurt him, what if that mantis shrimps last act is to punch your puffer in the face? They are extremely smart (those little mantis shrimps) and I think it would not only not be a wise move to do so for the reasons I just stated, I also think it is just mean. I am only looking out (always) for the animals involved, not trying to aggravate anyone.
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 11:01 am
by RTR
Mandycats: Because you are not a moderator or adminstrator, it is not your position to say who stays on this board and who goes elsewhere. You have every right and valid reason to question the original poster - as one individual member to another. Beyond that, you overstep the boundaries. Your prior post has been edited.