G. Smithii color- maroon

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I just got a G. Smithii today and it is a maroon color which from my understanding means is was collected in deeper water-
will it change to green when it molts since it is now it will be exposed to more light in it's new home (an 8 gallon Biocube)?

I am not sure when it was last offered food- when should I offer some shrimp?

I am really excited that it arrived looking great and doing well- even though the Fed Ex delivery guy is an idiot and did not ring the doorbell- he just left the box on the front porch. And it was clearly too difficult to understand the "this side up" clearly marked all over the box- as he left it laying on its side.
Seriously- that is so dumb- it would have taken 2 seconds extra to ring the doorbell and to place the box "right side up". My husband rescheduled a chiropractor appt and delayed running errands to make sure he would be home when the box was delivered.
But we have had FedEx deliveries in the past- so he knew to occassionaly check the front porch. The FedEx guy was so quiet our dogs did not even bark.

I can't wait to find out if it is male or female- but I didn't want to do anything to cause any additional stress.

thanks-
Julie

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[Pea-brain]

Nice mantis. The thing that matters isn't the intensity of the light so much as the spectrum. The deeper the water the more blue. your standard 20k 0r 14k or anything like that will cause the color change. At least thats my understanding. \

Dan