Cost of feeding a Mantis?

[lessthanlights]

How much do you spend on live food, frozen, table shrimp, ect for your Mantis? It's good to know to know what you're getting into before you're in.

 

[reefnetworth]

they dont eat much at all. they pic left-overs/scraps. if you are just gonna have mantis i would fed tiny pinches every other day. test ammonia once a week to assure youre not overfeeding.

John,

 

[mattyice]

ummmmm i dunno how many mantis you have gone through feeding them like that but from what I've heard it is feed them a piece of food the size of their carapace every couple of days maybe every other day, i feed monte my mantis shrimp with only live things, so i keep her tank stocked with fish and snails and from there she finds them, sometimes i give here a fresh shrimp snack, usually i spend close to $30 a week on live food but that can last a couple weeks sometimes, the other day i bought a pound of fresh shrimp for $8 and thats good enough for about 40-50 feedings

 

[BLockamon]

Lou absolutely loves the small bay scallops. I alternate scallops with krill and silversides (plus whatever he catches). The scallops are really convienient because they are individually flash frozen (no trying to break through a solid block of ice to get one).