does my peacock have shellrot, please help,,,,,,Roy?

[Polscot]

so i've had this peacock mantis for about 4 months he seems healthy as a horse, eats well but he hasnt molted once, hes about 5" i caught a glimps of what looks kinda like shell rot on his back just above his eyes, can anyone confirm?

It could just be a battle scar and because of his size it takes ALOT longer to molt but im not sure

if it is, is there anything i can do? dont really want to lose him as hes trained to eat out of my hand now and recognizes me

[AHHope]

pretty hard to tell from that pic. Is there any chance you can get more of a top down? What king of lighting do you have it under? Its not very often that peacocks come in with battle damage...mostly smaller ones.

[Polscot]

only power compact, its a 29BC ill try to get a pic tonite

[ponokareefer]

It does look like the start of it, but it is tough to tell. Make sure you have no nitrate, nitrite or ammonia present in the water. If there is, do a water change right away.

What is your lighting cycle?

[gobytron]

Check your calcium/alk levels.

This is a huge part of maintaining a proper stomatopod habitat.

If you suspect shell rot, start doing 10% partial changes now, ask question later.