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So I've had 3 different mantis shrimp in a row and I can never get them to live more than a 1-5 months before they die mysteriously. What's odd is the water quality is always pretty good from what I can tell and there are no signs of a molting issue or shell rot or anything.
Two that I've had were Peacock Mantis, the other was a Purple Spotted Mantis. They were offered frozen silversides and live snails and hermits.
Now one thing I will say is that my tank is at a school, so especially right now things are hard, but I do go in twice a week for management. But during the school year I do daily water testing on all my tanks. My mantis accepted food on Thursday and today was dead when I went in. I don't know when he died, but he wasn't super slimy or anything, so I think it was pretty recent.
Water parameters were: 0 Nitrites, 7.9 pH, 20 Nitrates, 0.25 Ammonia.
Are they just crazy sensitive to pH, Nitrates, or Ammonia? All the research I did suggested they were very hardy. I'd love some thoughts and suggestions. I don't want to try again unless I feel like I'm more prepared.
Two that I've had were Peacock Mantis, the other was a Purple Spotted Mantis. They were offered frozen silversides and live snails and hermits.
Now one thing I will say is that my tank is at a school, so especially right now things are hard, but I do go in twice a week for management. But during the school year I do daily water testing on all my tanks. My mantis accepted food on Thursday and today was dead when I went in. I don't know when he died, but he wasn't super slimy or anything, so I think it was pretty recent.
Water parameters were: 0 Nitrites, 7.9 pH, 20 Nitrates, 0.25 Ammonia.
Are they just crazy sensitive to pH, Nitrates, or Ammonia? All the research I did suggested they were very hardy. I'd love some thoughts and suggestions. I don't want to try again unless I feel like I'm more prepared.