Improvised mantis tank.

[Naiad]

You could always try some neudibranchs, I doubt the Maris shrimp wants something posinious

I'll keep an eye out for some.

 

[Naiad]

So the mantis has been in hiding for two days. I hope he is just shedding. Nothing else seems off. Did a normal waterchange. The film algea is coming back now that the snails are gone. Hopefully I can get a breeding population going in my other tanks.

 

[Tateopotatoe]

So the mantis has been in hiding for two days. I hope he is just shedding. Nothing else seems off. Did a normal waterchange. The film algea is coming back now that the snails are gone. Hopefully I can get a breeding population going in my other tanks.

By the way, cleaner shrimp (to my understanding) shouldn't be afraid of anything. At least in the wild other creatures don't eat it because it helps clean them off.

 

[Naiad]

So the mantis shrimp is alive but acting very shy again. He won't even peak out of the hole he is in. I dropped a snail right in front and he went even further in.

 

[DustyXB9Reefer]

I believe @Alucard has a mantis now. Maybe he can help?

 

[Alucard]

He should be active if he really is an n.wennerae. Could be adjusting after the shed, that is a very succeptible time for them.

 

[Naiad]

He should be active if he really is an n.wennerae. Could be adjusting after the shed, that is a very succeptible time for them.

He was very active once he settled in. Took a few days. He was digging tunnels and carving out spaces in rocks. Then he just stopped coming out. I think it has been about four days. He stays in his main rock. I can see him moving around if I shine I light in. He also stopped hammering the rock. He is my first mantis so I might be over reacting. Just new to their behavior patterns. Do they eat a molt or should I be able to find one if he did in fact shed?

 

[Alucard]

They will be pretty active right before a molt, I'm sure he's fine just let him be for now. They will eat or bury part of the molt but most of it they will eject from the burrow or even use it for part of the structure lol

 

[NeiDan]

If he did molt it's common for them to become reclusive until they harden. If they hit something with their still soft rapts they could cripple themselves until the next molt. I wouldn't worry about it.