mantis help

  1. R

    Larval mantis shrimp?!

    I found what I think is a male N. wennerae on some live rock from TBS a while back and set up a dedicated species tank for it. It's been a few months and I recently noticed a tiny long white creature swimming around. After taking it out with a pipette, here's what it looks like: Do I actually...
  2. T

    Mantis shrimp help

    So, I plan on getting a mantis shrimp but I’m concerned about feeding it. I’m also wondering where the cheapest place is to buy them? I’m in WA so probably online. For feeding I want to give it live food at least 2x a week, is there anyway I can keep live food over an extended period of time...
  3. schonerz

    Mantis Shrimp Seems Docile and Not Smashing

    Hey all! I posted awhile back about my beautiful peacock not smashing hermit crabs or turbo snails in tank. After a few suggestions I bought a crayfish to see if it would be big enough for it to smash and eat but it didn't seem to workout and almost seemed like mantis was losing the battle so I...
  4. Richlard

    My smithi has been in a blocked off cave for a month is this normal?

    My smithi mantis was eating awesome and looked nice and healthy he then started to build a blockade in his cave as many mantis shrimp do to molt I thought he was dead on the end of week 3 so I tried to take it apart and they were wedged in there good! I opened a small crack and stuck the dull...
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