mantis care

Hi all! I’m new to Mantis shrimps and I’m trying to find information about their behaviour, specifically in order to tell if they’re stressed/happy. I just bought an Australian gonodactylaceus species (unsure which specifically, seems to be a graphurus to me) for an established reef tank and...

Hi everyone, I brought my peacock mantis shrimp home on Saturday evening (June 22nd). She has been exhibiting some odd behavior that I assumed was just her trying to settle in/stress from the new environment but now I’m wondering if she is trying to molt or is at the beginning of her molt...

Hello Everyone, tl;dr - Mantis shrimp are not living for more than 6 months. Need advice. I am involved with the maintenance and upkeep of an aquarium system in a facility that deals with mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus). The system had successfully kept and maintained mantis for 8 or...

So, I plan on getting a mantis shrimp but I’m concerned about feeding it. I’m also wondering where the cheapest place is to buy them? I’m in WA so probably online. For feeding I want to give it live food at least 2x a week, is there anyway I can keep live food over an extended period of time...

I've had Oatmeal, my peacock mantis shrimp for about a week and a half now and her behaviour has changed a little in the last two or three days but especially in the last few hours. Just wanted to check if any of this indication of preparation for a molt, or something anything I need to worry...

Who all out there is keeping gonadactylus viridis and what are their temperaments and activity levels?

Hey all first time using this I recently got a g.viridis and he was eating well (I feed him snails) but now he has stopped eating all together, he will punch the snails if I put them in front of him but will not eat them is this a bad sign or is he just preparing to molt. Also he is quite shy...