mantis shrimp

Hi all, I'm new here. I own one saltwater tank. It's 30 gallons, totally full of live rock, both an under-gravel filter and powerhead and has only ever housed peacock mantis shrimp. I had owned a fully grown female for a year- her name was Wrangel- Wrangel was always very active, ate everything...

Help identify male or female

Please tell me it’s a male or female

I got a new mantis shrimp from a shop in Florida, it has mainly black and dark blue covering, blue legs, dark eyes, white tips on the raptorial appendages, and blue/green tail end with light pink little arms(setae) on the end. It’s about 2 inches in length and has blue walking legs. I’m not sure...

I recently purchased a peacock mantis shrimp from my LFS that I work at, I've had him two weeks now. I'm new to them, dont know much about their care. I was in the process of selling my corals and fish to shut down my three year old 20 gallon tank when he arrived, and they're one of my favorite...

So after careful consideration i’ve decided to setup a mantis shrimp tank. I have a temporary 20g with caves for him/her to get used to associating me with food before moving to a larger tank. I’ve experienced several different tiny fish and inverts dying off after being too scared to venture...

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...

Hey all! This is my first post on this forum but have been lurking gathering information for quite awhile, so thank you for all of that! I had a question for any mantis shrimp experts out there. About a little over a month ago now, I purchased and received a peacock mantis shrimp and it's been...

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...

This guy learned the hard way. Couldn't believe he just grabbed it until I realized he didn’t know it’s abilities. Amazing what it did to his boot and foot.

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Who all out there is keeping gonadactylus viridis and what are their temperaments and activity levels?

Hey all first time using this I recently got a g.viridis and he was eating well (I feed him snails) but now he has stopped eating all together, he will punch the snails if I put them in front of him but will not eat them is this a bad sign or is he just preparing to molt. Also he is quite shy...

Hi there, apologies as it can’t get a picture as it’s so small. I picked up a large GSP colony attached to some live rock. That is doing well and I am happy with it! However, I looked underneath the chunk with my phone light as I saw something scuttling upside down under the rock, It is about...

Hi all. Disclaimer, this is not my personal mantis but it is the one we currently have at the LFS I work at. We’ve had it for a little while but today I noticed this spot on its back, is this shell rot? Something else? I’m gonna be bringing in a PVC burrow for it and am working with the...

Hey R2R, happy Friday and hope everybody is staying safe out there. Long story short I moved a few months ago and the subsequent rebuilding of my tank has rejuvenated my passion for the hobby, so I've decided to try my hand at something I'd wanted to do from the beginning- build a Mantis Shrimp...

Hi all, I often find myself awake at ungodly hours of the night scrolling through this forum and dreaming of a mantis shrimp of my own. I’m a freshwater fish keeper, and just recently got a job in the freshwater section of my LFS. However, it’s safe to say the mantis has stolen my heart and has...

Hi guys! I just found this molt in my tank && it kinda looks like a mantis shrimp??? I'm not 100% sure though !

Y’all for 4 months the tapping drove me nuts- ran a camera into the tank and found a pistol Shrimp- this Morning after he killed my Cleaner I tore the tank apart - guess what else I found?

With social distancing having no foreseeable end in sight, my significant other gave me the green light on a pico/Nano bookshelf build. My Waterbox 70:2 will also appreciate this as I have been messing with it too much as of late. The tank will go where my pico contest tank Was previously. I...

I’m planning a Nano mantis tank And have the N. oerstedii And N. curacaoensis as stocking options. I have read Roy Caldwell’s page in each but I’m wondering what people’s opinions are? The tank is a lifeguard Aquatics Crystal 7.4gal peninsula. Both shrimp I am looking at are around 1”

I need whatever tips tricks and knowledge people can give me. This is my 2nd try the first time ended miserably all my fault with many mistakes. Now im starting fresh in a new house trying to get a tank set up for a Mantis shrimp and maaaaaybe two clowns. If all goes well in this tanks first...

Hi guys, Just got back from China and saw loads of these guys in the restaurants. I have never seen mantis shrimp this big. All of them larger than my forearm.

So yesterday I saw a Mantis Shrimp (I am assuming it was a mantis shrimp) pop out of the rocks. He must have been there for quite sometime as I haven't added in anything new for a while now. This would explain the mystery of my missing invertebrates (a few months ago my cleaner shrimp both...