G'day all

[Strider90]

G'day all, I'm new here.
My name is Nathan and I recently got myself a marine tank, specifically for a peacock mantis shrimp. I've had freshwater tanks for a few years now, but after learning about all the features of a mantis shrimp, I made the jump. Any advice is welcomed. While I'm here, does anyone know how breeding works with them? Can you keep a male and female in the same tank, or do you only introduce them for a brief period to do the deed?
How often do you guys feed? I've heard once a day from some, once every 3 days from another. I feed mine almost daily, but fairly small shrimp/crays, maybe 1/5 his size. Is that too much? I don't want to overfeed and kill him

 

[Peace River]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!!!

 

[Fred2482]

Welcome! Never had mantis shrimp, good luck.

 

[Alaeriel]

Welcome! Plenty of mantis threads in the mantis shrimp and invert forums. Be sure to set up a build thread and link it to your badge so we can all follow along on your journey!

 

[DonTavo27]

Welcome! I’m afraid this rabbit hole won’t stop at the Mantis.

 

[ForTheLoveOfCoral21]

Welcome to the greatest Reefing knowledge source on the internet. This forum is unmatched by any. Glad you found us, you will not only find all the information you can ever want , but will form life long friendships.

 

[dwair]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

 

[Billldg]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[Ryan3313]

 

[Kennya]

Welcome to R2R Nathan

 

[SPR1968]

Hi Nathan welcome to Reef2Reef!

 

[Kiwi reefer]

Welcome! looking forward to seeing pictures of your reef!

 

[KJ]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[lelandmarine]

WELCOME!
Here’s a resource you may like

If you prefer video’s. This video series is “5 minute guide”, good info. BRS TV has lots of different series.








 

[PeterC99]

Hi Nathan - Welcome to R2R!

Looking forward to seeing your aquarium pics!

 

[Jeffcb]

Welcome !!

 

[Poof No Eyebrows]

Welcome

 

[69reefman]

Hello and welcome

 

[ForTheLoveOfCoral21]

Welcome to the single greatest reefing informational source in the world.

Everyone here is so friendly and nice and willing to help. You will not find a better place on the net.

Welcome, to the last site you will ever need! Happy Monday!

 

[thatone08]

Welcome! My LFS has them separated. What’s interesting though. Is the peacock seems to like the carpet anemone it is with. If worried about over feeding, can maybe do some small snails. But I would feed those and watch as if they do get on the glass run the risk of it punching through the glass. Good luck!