Only had this mantis for two weeks but for the last two days it’s been swimming in this curled position, kind of darting in the tank, and then will groom itself on the ground and roll on its back.
It’s still acting normal like hunting crabs and getting shells for its burrow but will do this curled behavior for about 30 minutes before going back to normal. As I’m typing this the mantis is smashing something and acting normal in its burrow.
I have 5g of saltwater mixing and will do a 25% change today and another 25% tomorrow.
Params are normal 0/0/40? Salinity is 1.024, phos is under .3, ph is 8-8.1, alk is 9, don’t have calcium test on me but will bring some water to the lfs to test later today.
Temp is stable 77f
will attach videos but if they don’t load here is a YouTube link of the behavior
Thank you for your time and help.
It’s still acting normal like hunting crabs and getting shells for its burrow but will do this curled behavior for about 30 minutes before going back to normal. As I’m typing this the mantis is smashing something and acting normal in its burrow.
I have 5g of saltwater mixing and will do a 25% change today and another 25% tomorrow.
Params are normal 0/0/40? Salinity is 1.024, phos is under .3, ph is 8-8.1, alk is 9, don’t have calcium test on me but will bring some water to the lfs to test later today.
Temp is stable 77f
will attach videos but if they don’t load here is a YouTube link of the behavior
Thank you for your time and help.