Thread: Mantis Molting
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Old 07-12-2007, 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by bv_reefer View Post
-So moogled what do u do 2 keep ur tank @ a reasonable
temperature. My friend thought of a simple one but a
pretty reasonable one, putting a frozen 2-litre water bott-
le in the sump but I'm not planning on using a sump so wh- would u suggest?? cuz the heats gettin' umbearable 2 say
@ the least!
Overheating is not an issue for me nor have I dealt with it in the past.

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Originally Posted by reef_raf View Post
hmm, I've read that a mantis will always eat their molt, so you shouldn't ever see it. Never saw one from any of mine, but maybe I read wrong?
That's true, but I also read one of Roy Caldwell's articles that when a mantis shrimp develops shell disease, you feed it and maintain tank quality until it molts and then subsequently remove the molt so that it can't eat it, hopefully preventing the disease from being reintroduced.
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