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I’d recommend soaking foods in Selcon, otherwise live food is the best. Feed a variety of foods - krill, clams, crabs, snails…watch the nitrates, try for 5ppm or under. Don’t panic if/when he gets shell rot, just increase feedings and dim your lights. UV sterilizer if you have the budget. A 40B is a great size tank. Glass is too thick to be broken as long as he doesn’t continuously strike one area.He's in a 40gal breeder with a few chromis, snails, and crabs.
Is anyone pre soaking the food in garlic supplements? Or any supplements for that matter?
Thanks, appreciate the info. The money is not a problem but I wasn't sure a UV was neccessary. I'll definitely look into it.I’d recommend soaking foods in Selcon, otherwise live food is the best. Feed a variety of foods - krill, clams, crabs, snails…watch the nitrates, try for 5ppm or under. Don’t panic if/when he gets shell rot, just increase feedings and dim your lights. UV sterilizer if you have the budget. A 40B is a great size tank. Glass is too thick to be broken as long as he doesn’t continuously strike one area.
You can get by without a UV sterilizer, but they are nice to have in dealing with shell rot. Usually, it’s either that or a bad molt that kills Peacock mantis shrimp. Can’t do anything about molts unfortunately. The best thing though is good water quality. A lot of mantis shrimp tanks suffer from high nitrates bc they are very basic: simple HOB filter, a bit of LR, and not much else. But aside from water changes there has to be nutrient export so either growing macroalgae or a skimmer to reduce dissolved organics is really helpful. Running a skimmer is probably easiest, but I like the look of a planted display tank. Some opt for refugiums in their sump too. Best of luck to you!Thanks, appreciate the info. The money is not a problem but I wasn't sure a UV was neccessary. I'll definitely look into it.
Yeah, I don't see him breaking the glass either. One benifit of buying a cheap petco metal stand is I can see underneath his den and can confirm he hasn't dug to the bottom yet.
Looks great!Finally up and running. This sump is a beast for a 40gal. It added 15gal of water volume. That little ******* better be happy now otherwise I'm going to make shrimp scampi out of him.