peacock mantis tank question

[daniella3d]

oh thanks a lot! that's really comforting to know. I will still put an acrylic sheet at the bottom, just to be on the safe side but won't put anyting else.

For now I feed it fresh mussle, which she likes a lot. And I have put many atlantic snail in her tank and she ate 2 so far. I give them to all my mantis and they all like these snails.

I thought that zebra mantis were spearer? spearer don't crack or smack glass don't they? I thought only smasher would possible break glass?

I don't have any light, just ambiant. I do have a radion which I would use on very low setting, but for now ambiant light will do well.

for the snails, I buy them for very cheap, 30 snails for 1.50$ and they are good size. They are sea snails that humans eat, and they are called Littorina Littorea. I buy them at Kim Phat store...very cheap and they do great in our aquariums. They have adapted very well in all my aquariums and are even starting to keep the aquarium glass clean. They are very resistant and even though I rinsed them under running water, then dropped them from very cold water into the 78F tank without any acclimation, I have not lost a single one beside those that the mantis ate. I have them in my tanks for a month now and all survived. The peacock and the chiragra don't even touch the nasarius snails that I have in the tank, but they do like the littorina.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_periwinkle

Really sorry to hear about your mantis. I did feed the chiragra with one feeder goldfish once but she's was ok with it (I guess I was lucky there was no copper). I do not intend to feed the peacock any fish as I was hoping to maybe put a little fish with her in the 30 gallons tank?

Originally Posted by AHHope

Ive been keeping mantis shrimps for years and ive never had one break any glass. Even my biggest peacock hitting my 32g full force isnt enough to crack it. I dont even have an acrylic bottom on the tank with my 13 inch zebra mantis and they are really known for cracking the bottom out of tanks when they build their burrows.

As far as shell rot goes peacocks are the only ones really prone to it due to the fact they are found down on the reef instead of on the reef flats and tide pools like most of the smaller ones. As long as you dont plan on running t5ho, hqi or high powered leds you should be fine.

The most effective and economical thing i found too feed my peacock were frozen foods and the occasional little live clam from superstore. They have to strike it to get it open just like a live crab.