Feeding

[OkiNano]

How often do you guys feed your mantis shrimps?

 

[bump321]

I feed mine silver sides & or squid twice a week & mysis shrimp on the other days. I also keep a bunch of n. snails in her tank that get into the sand. So she can eat whenever she want.

 

[OkiNano]

ok, sounds like what I'm doing already...thanks bump!

 

[bump321]

your welcome

 

[sknich]

what type of squid do you use and where do you get the silversides? just at the LFS or like a fish market?

 

[bump321]

I get both at my LFS . The squid brand is SAN Francisco Bay & the silver sides is what ever they have. Libby also likes Krill but not near as much as the other two.

 

[sknich]

thanks

 

[LittlePuff]

clams, mysis, mussel, krill.

 

[Flusher]

I don't mean to sound snarky, but this thread is fairly pointless without naming the type and size of mantis' you guys have.

I feed my 2" smithii at most a piece of krill every other day (usually I forget for several days at a time). I feed the Three-Stripe Damsel that's in there every few days (a mix of bloodworms, mysis, brine, and cyclopeeze), so there's usually something for it to eat. Also, I try to keep a snail or two in the tank to work on the algae, and sometimes hermit crabs too. Replacing the snails is cheap enough not to be an issue.

 

[bump321]

Libby is a peacock & is at least 4 inches. I have 3 damsels in with her & so far she has left these alone. She ate the other 2 I put in with her.

 

[OkiNano]

Manny is a G. Ternatensis thats around 2 inches

 

[bump321]

Here is a picture of her.