Mantisville Build

cfsindorf · 06/05/2011, 05:03 AM

Well time for me to finally show you what I have talked about for so long. I have started Mantisville and thought I would share with you all. I would like to say thanks to Koshmar for 2 of my kids and to the rest I have talked with here. You will see some stuff familiar and I have asked permission from the originator so do not think they are mine. ehh MantisO_0

First of the build is the frame of the condos. These were built by myself and a neighbor Steve Lerner. These things are strong enough to support 5 times what will be on them. I hit them with 2 coats KILLS Premium and will be finishing them with the same color white that the house molding is.

Unpainted:

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Primed and read for paint:

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MantisO_o · 06/05/2011, 09:36 AM

Your project have peeked my interest and i look forward to see where this is headed off to

TheZ · 06/05/2011, 06:53 PM

I guess I don't get what I'm looking at. Is that a frame to hold a bunch of separate individual tanks, or 1 large custom piece that has been subdivided?

cfsindorf · 07/15/2011, 04:39 AM

Well some time has passed and the build has jumped. Here are a couple shots of Mantisville. There are 6 ten gallon tanks and 2 55 gallon tanks all plumbed into a 75 gallon sump. There is a snapper hybrid runnioing 2400 GPH to feed water through the system. I am also running a Nextreef SMR-1 media reactor with Vertex bio pellets, and a Nextreef SR1 for carbon. Skimmer for now is a older Trigger Ststems run by a SICCE 5 pump.

Thanks to Mantis-O for his permission to copy his idea for my Maculata tank
( top 55 )

More to come later:

Snapper Pump

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6 Tens and Sump

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2 55's

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MantisO_o · 07/15/2011, 04:49 AM

So did you end up buying the sand from that site you showed me? Very clean set up...i like it very much

cfsindorf · 07/15/2011, 05:38 AM

Nope, I got a killer deal on what I got. I just hope its not too fine for them or I might be pulling it. Then what to do with 200 pounds of sand. LOL

More pics to come of rock work once I am happy. This was a real chore to build and had a few hair pullers but so far I am happy. I have a ball valve on each tank so I can adjust flow. But as it sits now with the small wheel in my pump I can not get any more flow in the the tanks. I do not want too much through the sump so I will let the flow be low through the sump and add pumps for movement in the tanks.

cfsindorf · 07/15/2011, 05:54 AM

Here are the 2 55's. The top one will be maculatta town. it looks like 3 areas but really is 2. Thanks Mantis-O

The area in the middle is one then the 2 on left and right are tied together through passage along front of tank.

The bottom will house 2 N. wennerae in the left 2 chambers and a O. scyllarus in the right one.

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othercents · 07/15/2011, 08:38 AM

Nice looking setup. Are you planning on lighting, or just using the room lighting?

cfsindorf · 07/15/2011, 09:08 AM

Have not nailed down lighting yet. Was thinking about dimable LED's over each that way I can tun up or down as per animal requirement. I have one that does not light light and the others that do. If I do LED, its because I want just enough to get the shimmmer and no more.

The look as it is now is only part way done. Plan on framing it all so it looks like a wall and will be adding controller so I can play with it via the web.

I still need to add the ATO and WC tank under the 55's.

Thanks

nirvanaandtool · 07/15/2011, 09:43 AM

Wow that is really impressive. Quite the mantis setup you got there.

I'm certainly jealous. I wish I had a house so I could do just that. Darn 1 bedroom apartment

othercents · 07/15/2011, 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nirvanaandtool

Wow that is really impressive. Quite the mantis setup you got there.

I'm certainly jealous. I wish I had a house so I could do just that. Darn 1 bedroom apartment

What? Just sleep on the couch and use the bedroom as the fish room.

Koshmar · 07/15/2011, 12:49 PM

I'm happy to hear my former children are alive and in good hands. I look forward to the finished product.

Dana42078 · 07/15/2011, 01:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cfsindorf

Here are the 2 55's. The top one will be maculatta town. it looks like 3 areas but really is 2. Thanks Mantis-O

The area in the middle is one then the 2 on left and right are tied together through passage along front of tank.

The bottom will house 2 N. wennerae in the left 2 chambers and a O. scyllarus in the right one.

From Mantisville

HOLY DEEP SAND BED BATMAN!

Quote:

Originally Posted by nirvanaandtool

Wow that is really impressive. Quite the mantis setup you got there.

I'm certainly jealous. I wish I had a house so I could do just that. Darn 1 bedroom apartment

Im in the same boat so your not alone buddy. I think any mantis owner doesn't just want one. Id love to have another set up for a slasher, but stuck in a 1 BR apt.....upstairs mind you or i prolly would have converted my bedroom to a fish room and slept on the couch....seriously lol

cfsindorf · 07/15/2011, 04:36 PM

That top one is for 2 L.Maculata thus lots of sand all 240 pounds of it

nirvanaandtool · 07/18/2011, 05:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by othercents

What? Just sleep on the couch and use the bedroom as the fish room.

If it was just me that would work. The fiancee wouldnt like that too much though.

She's capping me at 2 tanks right now, pushing for a third for a P Ciliata

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dana42078

Im in the same boat so your not alone buddy. I think any mantis owner doesn't just want one. Id love to have another set up for a slasher, but stuck in a 1 BR apt.....upstairs mind you or i prolly would have converted my bedroom to a fish room and slept on the couch....seriously lol

Haha glad I'm not the only stomatopod addict stuck in a 1bedroom apartment.

othercents · 07/18/2011, 08:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nirvanaandtool

If it was just me that would work. The fiancee wouldnt like that too much though.

She's capping me at 2 tanks right now, pushing for a third for a P Ciliata

2 tanks is plenty. Just need a couple 8' aquariums with dividers to keep the mantis separated.

Quote:

Originally Posted by nirvanaandtool

Haha glad I'm not the only stomatopod addict stuck in a 1bedroom apartment.

I have two bedrooms, but I also have a daughter. I'm downsizing my two tanks into one 40G Breeder. Not sure how long the other shrimp will last with a N. Wennerae in there with them.

nirvanaandtool · 07/18/2011, 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by othercents

2 tanks is plenty. Just need a couple 8' aquariums with dividers to keep the mantis separated.

I have two bedrooms, but I also have a daughter. I'm downsizing my two tanks into one 40G Breeder. Not sure how long the other shrimp will last with a N. Wennerae in there with them.

Haha I wish I could fit something that big. Our one bedroom isn't small but its not that big haha

I'm doing two separate cube tanks for my mantis. They fit well in the room and should keep me satisfied for some time. I figure I'll want a new tank by the time my buddy's P. Ciliata gets big enough to take down some fish. Gives me 6 months to figure out where I can squeeze a 20.

Enough thread hijack, back to Mantisville!

cfsindorf · 09/04/2011, 07:35 AM

Well its time for an update. Could use some help id'ing 2 of my kids

Tank 4

https://picasaweb.google.com/1176832...eat=directlink

Tank 5

https://picasaweb.google.com/1176832...eat=directlink

06/05/2011, 09:36 AM	#2
MantisO_o Mantis Shrimp Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southern California, formally Virginia Posts: 809	Your project have peeked my interest and i look forward to see where this is headed off to __________________ ExtraordinaryMantisShrimp.BlogSpot.com 2014 Honda CrZ CEX Current Tank Info: Total System 255.64 gallons \| Odontodactylus japonicus: 'Alice' - female, 6" from Sri Lanka (Deceased 2009-10.26.2010/9:24:29am) \| Best things ever! Macintosh, Hybrids, Cephalopods & Stomatopods!

06/05/2011, 06:53 PM	#3
TheZ Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 129	I guess I don't get what I'm looking at. Is that a frame to hold a bunch of separate individual tanks, or 1 large custom piece that has been subdivided? __________________ Seth "Morituri Nolomus Mori" (We who are about to die...don't want to)

07/15/2011, 04:49 AM	#5
MantisO_o Mantis Shrimp Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southern California, formally Virginia Posts: 809	So did you end up buying the sand from that site you showed me? Very clean set up...i like it very much __________________ ExtraordinaryMantisShrimp.BlogSpot.com 2014 Honda CrZ CEX Current Tank Info: Total System 255.64 gallons \| Odontodactylus japonicus: 'Alice' - female, 6" from Sri Lanka (Deceased 2009-10.26.2010/9:24:29am) \| Best things ever! Macintosh, Hybrids, Cephalopods & Stomatopods!

07/15/2011, 08:38 AM	#8
othercents Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 277	Nice looking setup. Are you planning on lighting, or just using the room lighting? __________________ The road to enlightenment is different for each individual Current Tank Info: 10G MANTIS Tank

07/15/2011, 09:43 AM	#10
nirvanaandtool Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Charm City Posts: 718	Wow that is really impressive. Quite the mantis setup you got there. I'm certainly jealous. I wish I had a house so I could do just that. Darn 1 bedroom apartment __________________ -Ralph Anglers, Scorps, & Mantis Shrimp, Oh My! Current Tank Info: 90RR Wrasse FOWLR

07/15/2011, 05:38 AM	#6
cfsindorf Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 219	Nope, I got a killer deal on what I got. I just hope its not too fine for them or I might be pulling it. Then what to do with 200 pounds of sand. LOL More pics to come of rock work once I am happy. This was a real chore to build and had a few hair pullers but so far I am happy. I have a ball valve on each tank so I can adjust flow. But as it sits now with the small wheel in my pump I can not get any more flow in the the tanks. I do not want too much through the sump so I will let the flow be low through the sump and add pumps for movement in the tanks.

07/15/2011, 09:08 AM	#9
cfsindorf Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 219	Have not nailed down lighting yet. Was thinking about dimable LED's over each that way I can tun up or down as per animal requirement. I have one that does not light light and the others that do. If I do LED, its because I want just enough to get the shimmmer and no more. The look as it is now is only part way done. Plan on framing it all so it looks like a wall and will be adding controller so I can play with it via the web. I still need to add the ATO and WC tank under the 55's. Thanks

07/15/2011, 12:49 PM	#12
Koshmar The Hardy Mongolian Pony Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 1,372	I'm happy to hear my former children are alive and in good hands. I look forward to the finished product. __________________ All Day I Dream About Stomatopods

07/15/2011, 04:36 PM	#14
cfsindorf Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 219	That top one is for 2 L.Maculata thus lots of sand all 240 pounds of it

09/04/2011, 07:35 AM	#18
cfsindorf Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 219	Well its time for an update. Could use some help id'ing 2 of my kids Tank 4 https://picasaweb.google.com/1176832...eat=directlink Tank 5 https://picasaweb.google.com/1176832...eat=directlink

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