mantis

Hello, I have two saltwater tanks; one is a 60 gallon breeder and the other is a Fluval evo 13.5. I set up the 60 gallon breeder with a hob filter and kp aquatics live ocean rock back in May and I haven’t done anything with it since then. My Fluval Evo has been set up for a year now and it has...

Hello, I just found a mantis shrimp in my new tank that came from live ocean rock. With what I’m seeing online I’m not sure if this is a good thing. It’s pretty small; about the same size as a large amano shrimp. It’s also constantly making a clicking noise; I’m not sure if it’s just punching...

Hey guys! So, I recently had a disaster in my hobby. My apartment had to be treated for pests, and I was required to remove all of my tanks from the apartment during treatment. During this time, I ended up losing about half of my livestock - including my beloved Peacock Mantis Shrimp. I do...

My smithi mantis was eating awesome and looked nice and healthy he then started to build a blockade in his cave as many mantis shrimp do to molt I thought he was dead on the end of week 3 so I tried to take it apart and they were wedged in there good! I opened a small crack and stuck the dull...

I began working on this tank June 9th 2019. It's an all-in-one Fluval Evo 13.5 XII that sits on my nightstand and is a species tank for mantis shrimp. This thread is to document my journey building this nano system and learning how to care for the fascinating animals inside. Here is some...

If anyone knows a store near them that has them in stock and will ship or has any way of helping me get a hold of one it would be greatly appreciated. They are not currently available online and havent been in stock for months.

I’ve been sifting through hundreds of pages for online suppliers. Nobody has had peacock mantis shrimp in stock for over a month. Ive talked to fish stores local and half way across the country. They all tell me they’ll notify me when in stock. And I’ve actually specifically ordered one from one...

I’ve been sifting through hundreds of pages for online suppliers. Nobody has had peacock mantis shrimp in stock for over a month. Ive talked to fish stores local and half way across the country. They all tell me they’ll notify me when in stock. And I’ve actually specifically ordered one from one...

Ive really enjoyed taking care of my peacock mantis shrimp named goji. I havent really published much on youtube before but here is a link to a video i made of the journey I had setting up the tank for my mantis shrimp. It was a lot of fun to make and Im really excited to see what you all think!

Hi all ive decided to get a peacock mantis shrimp and give it its own tank. I found an old oceanic 8 gallon bio cube on Craigslist for 35$ and was thinking of using that. It fits perfectly on my nightstand. I also have a 20 gallon setup that I took down a few months ago when I upgraded. But...

After the fishes' dinner tonight I was sitting in the living room, reading, when I heard a loud splash, bang, splash. I looked up and saw my Carpenter's wrasse struggling. By the time I got to the tank he was laying on the sand. I picked him up and put him in the current from a powerhead to...

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Hey I've got a gonodactylus chiragra that I picked up from a poor local store that had it in terrible conditions so I decided to rescue the little guy from them, anyway it has a small tan spot on the telson that I believe to be shell rot. I've done tons of research before and after purchasing...

This will be mostly a progression thread to show the maturing of my new Peacock Mantis A little history on the tank and Mantis... Once upon a time I had a nice 55g mixed reef that was just getting onto its feet. I had several fish die unexpectedly and I was dealing with out of wack parameters...