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Hi all,
Having an RSM250 for 4 years now and enjoying reef keeping a lot I decided to keep a peacock in a second tank. I'm from the Netherlands but I registered here to read more about this animal, to find out what it's needs, housing requirements, etc were because on the dutch forums mantis keeping isn't discussed at all. As far as I know I'm one of the few here who has a special tank to keep this beautiful animal.
I've bought a 15galon (60 liters) cube and decorated it with a PVC burrow, stacked with some live rock. I cured the rock in my RSM for 4 weeks so I could make a faster start. After 6 weeks curing in total I decided to make the order for the peacock at a local shop. A few days later I got the phone call that I could pick up a 4" beauty. This was tuesday last week.
Having her (assuming it's a she) for 4 days now I think she's awesome! She is a busy lady exploring her habitat, ignoring the PVC burrow and now building her own burrow in between the PVC U-shape I created for her. She is exposing herself in the open more by day and curiously watching anything moving outside the tank.
The plan is to move here to the RSM250 when she's getting to big for the cube.
Here are some images
Her non used burrow in the making
The habitat
Hello!
Here's a small movie where she get's a shrimp hidden in a snailshell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmdlwO12OfA
Having an RSM250 for 4 years now and enjoying reef keeping a lot I decided to keep a peacock in a second tank. I'm from the Netherlands but I registered here to read more about this animal, to find out what it's needs, housing requirements, etc were because on the dutch forums mantis keeping isn't discussed at all. As far as I know I'm one of the few here who has a special tank to keep this beautiful animal.
I've bought a 15galon (60 liters) cube and decorated it with a PVC burrow, stacked with some live rock. I cured the rock in my RSM for 4 weeks so I could make a faster start. After 6 weeks curing in total I decided to make the order for the peacock at a local shop. A few days later I got the phone call that I could pick up a 4" beauty. This was tuesday last week.
Having her (assuming it's a she) for 4 days now I think she's awesome! She is a busy lady exploring her habitat, ignoring the PVC burrow and now building her own burrow in between the PVC U-shape I created for her. She is exposing herself in the open more by day and curiously watching anything moving outside the tank.
The plan is to move here to the RSM250 when she's getting to big for the cube.
Here are some images
Her non used burrow in the making
The habitat
Hello!
Here's a small movie where she get's a shrimp hidden in a snailshell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmdlwO12OfA