How often do you guys feed your mantis?

[eisaiasjr]

Hello:

I wanted to get a quick survey of how often most of you guys are feeding your mantis shrimp.

I will start I feed my Peacock 2x per week by dropping 1-2 Peppermint shrimp in its aquarium, they sometimes last a few days, sometimes they go down quickly.

I plan to feed my new Cilliata 2x per week 1 krill per sitting.

Please post your feeding habbits, I am interested in knowing what people with more mantis experiance than me are doing.

Regards,

Estefano

 

[dynamixone]

pepp shrimp? seems like an expensive meal!

 

[urbanthreatz]

I like to feed my zebra a small silverside or two every 2 or 3 days. He hasn't caught on to live foods yet, so far he has a black and white striped damsel and a small peppermint shrimp as neighbors.

 

[sdunkin]

I feed mine thawed krill every 2-3 days, and I usually throw in a live snail every couple weeks.

 

[John7429]

Other than the snails my OS eats from the tank, I give him a crayfish or piece of shrimp 2-3 times per week.

 

[Kirin1]

My N.Wennerae/Bredini gets his 2.5 gal stocked with 1/2 doz snails or so about every 3-4 weeks. If they all get depleted before I re-up, once a week or so I'll use my tongs to offer mysis one at a time (He eats from the tongs), so as not go get them everywhere.

Oh, and he loves Cyclopeze like it's popcorn. I know it's vitamin packed, and I like to offer some variety, so I give him a little snack of it when I feed it to the main reef tank. Again, just a little bit, and targeted right to him with a pipette, from which he'll also take food directly.

 

[sharkdude]

I cut quarter cubes of frozen mysis for my g.smithi every 4-5 days. She usually grabs it form the tongs before its defrost.

 

[DylanE]

a few emeralds or some hermits about 2x a month, Krill in a shell every few days.

 

[sharkdude]

that's a good idea to stuff a shell with krill. I have a few old snail shells I could use.

 

[DylanE]

Yeah it keeps them using their raps. I heard about it on here, i forget who from.

 

[revkev6]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12472086#post12472086 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by DylanE
Yeah it keeps them using their raps. I heard about it on here, i forget who from.

I've tried that with mine and he just sticks his head in and pulls whatever I stuff in there out. little bugger has only gotten one snail since I put him in the tank a month ago. I think he just like being fed shrimp on a stick.

 

[MantisO_o]

for all my mantises fiddlers once a week and fish at random times.