mantis food

[bob1968]

do they eat amphipods if not what should i feed him i have a haptosquilla glyptocercus

 

[rwhhunt]

i have seen my peacock eat a amphipod/copepod before, when I dont feed for a couple days, he'll grab one crawling around, then I know hes hungry and its time to feed

 

[Gonodactylus]

H. g. will eat amphipods, but you may need to suppliment with an occasional small piece of raw shrimp, krill, etc. The typical H. g. is about 1-1.5 inches long and should be given a piece of food not larger than an 1/8" cube - perhaps up to a 14" if it is approaching 2 inches.

They like to take things out of the water column, so live adult brine shrimp also make good food.

Roy