Disturb a mantis burrow?

Feclar

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So when would you ever disturb a mantis burrow? Never?

My mantis looks to be hoarding food
Considering cleaning up the sand under his burrow.

Have had this juvenile mantis for 11 days now, he is decently active, have fed him food on a stick 2x, first time about 3 days after I got him then 3 days later, he holds the food and watches the tank from his burrow, not sure if he eats it or buries it.

I added 4 snails, 4 hermits for cleanup 2 days after his 2nd feeding, all the hermits are MIA and 2 snails are hanging out on the glass.

Have seen him bury 2 shells in his burrow.

As this is a 12g nano tank I am concerned with water quality, have been changing 2g every week in the tank since like March.

He is actually swapping sand out of his burrow now, digs a bunch up takes it outside and tosses it, then goes to other side of tank and grabs some new sand and takes it inside
 
I would just not bother it. are you sure it's just holding the food? Because a mantis' mouth is on its underside and while it nibbles at the food, it may look like it's doing nothing at all. If you are feeding once every 3 days, then don't worry. unless you're feeding large quantities at a time, it probably ate all the food.
 
i never bother my mantis burrow unless it dies off and i clean the tank. they are pretty clean when it comes to there burrows from what i have seen. or at least all mine have been, my peacock is on speed when it comes to cleaning out his burrow...lol..
 
Do the right thing... win or loose

although it's entirely possible this was intentional, i feel i must point out that "lose" is the opposite of win, and "loose" is the opposite of tight. fwiw, ymv, etc. nice quote btw.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13428165#post13428165 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by T-T-Trigger
although it's entirely possible this was intentional, i feel i must point out that "lose" is the opposite of win, and "loose" is the opposite of tight. fwiw, ymv, etc. nice quote btw.

It is very sad that I can no longer properly spell a 4 letter word
Damn you internet!
 
yea i say let them do all the work, some of mine don't even make tunnels just hide in rock or pvc that i provided when before they didn't like the pvc, each has their own personality
 
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