So I just got a beautiful new mantis from paulfromero this morning and he seems to be doing great. Roaming around the tank, eating mysis from tongs. The only problem: he keeps attacking his reflection in the glass. Though entertaining, I don't want him to be stressed at all.
How do I stop him from attacking his reflection?
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Gonodactylus
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Many gonodactylids do this when new to a tank. Generally, they learn not to do it after a few days. When excited, it still happens. The best way to eliminate the problem is to change the lighting so that more light enters from outside at an angle perpendicular to the glass wall. This will eliminate the "one-way mirror" you have created.
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Gonodactylus
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Most of the N. w on the market are from cultured live rock farmed at some depth. The dominant wave lenght where the animal lives would peak at around 470 nm and there would be a fairly sharp reduction in longer wave lengths (oranges, reds and IR). If you use a bulb that is particularly strong in the blues and greens, the animal will look a bit more like it would in its natural habitat. (The new moon lights are too dim, but peak at about the right wave length.) If you keep an N. w. in this type of light, there is a good chance that eventually it will turn a rusty brown - what some people refer to as a red morph. If you keep it in broad spectrum white light similar to what would be experience near the surface, it may turn green.
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