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Hi,
about 5 weeks ago I got a wennerae mantis and I haven’t seen it since the night I added it to the tank. It’s a 13 gallon that had been setup and cycled for just shy of 2 months when I added the mantis. All of my CUC is accounted for to this day but I do feed my sun coral mysis and krill so it’s possible it could be eating some of that. I haven’t seen any nutrient spikes but I also haven’t been able to test in 2nweeks (except an API test for nitrates I did today and got ~5 after a week and a half no water change). Meanwhile, a website currently has my dream mantis, the purple spot, in stock and now I’m faced with the dilemma: my wennerae could likely be dead and now would be the perfect time to get the smithii (which have been impossible to find the past year) or my wennerae is fine and if I get the smithii it’s a recipe for disaster. I would really like some advice. I tried poking around the smaller of my 2 PVC caves bc the last I saw him was him crawling into there but no dice. What do I do?
about 5 weeks ago I got a wennerae mantis and I haven’t seen it since the night I added it to the tank. It’s a 13 gallon that had been setup and cycled for just shy of 2 months when I added the mantis. All of my CUC is accounted for to this day but I do feed my sun coral mysis and krill so it’s possible it could be eating some of that. I haven’t seen any nutrient spikes but I also haven’t been able to test in 2nweeks (except an API test for nitrates I did today and got ~5 after a week and a half no water change). Meanwhile, a website currently has my dream mantis, the purple spot, in stock and now I’m faced with the dilemma: my wennerae could likely be dead and now would be the perfect time to get the smithii (which have been impossible to find the past year) or my wennerae is fine and if I get the smithii it’s a recipe for disaster. I would really like some advice. I tried poking around the smaller of my 2 PVC caves bc the last I saw him was him crawling into there but no dice. What do I do?