My fiancé and I just received our first mantis shrimp and she arrived pregnant. We have had her for about a week and she doesn’t seem to want to eat anything (emerald crabs, hermit crabs and some small fish are in her tank). The eggs are still with her at all times in her burrow. My question is...
Hi guys,
Well, three days ago I was at my LFS and they had a 4" peacock mantis in stock. I had read up on them before and found them super fascinating so I made the impulse purchase. Before purchasing him, I talked to the owner for a while just to make sure I knew what I was getting myself...
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It's officially 11 days with my peacock! He (pretty sure it's male) is about 4-4.5 inches and looks quite healthy. I see no signs of shell rot as he roams, not usually straying too far from his usual territory. He acts pretty normal for a mantis except for one thing, I have never seen...