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Just picked it up about 4". Sorry about the bad pic..
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i would take out the sand and replace it with a refugium mud of some sort, they need temps in the low 70's so i would just take the heater out of the tank, just make sure it can at least get underneathe a rock for a burrow, i would still aim for at least 2-3" of sand in the tank
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8680134#post8680134 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mattyice
i would take out the sand and replace it with a refugium mud of some sort, they need temps in the low 70's so i would just take the heater out of the tank, just make sure it can at least get underneathe a rock for a burrow, i would still aim for at least 2-3" of sand in the tank
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Low 70's.. They are fish eaters right?? What type of foods would you feed him?? The reason I'm asking they were feeding him damsels and putting 1 in low 70 degree water seems like alittle cool to put damsels in.
 
damsels will be just fine in that temp, yes they are fish eaters, you could prolly get away will ghost chrimp or i know even camel shrimp, coral banded, and peppermint shrimp all are pretty cheap too and pretty good food
 
Uh... "BR"? Not familiar.

"Spearer" is the usual term used, but "slasher" has that nice horror-movie appeal. Something to be said for that. :)

Note that these guys get big -- at least six inches.

Diet, according to Dr. Roy, is "unknown, probably small crustaceans, annelids [segmented worms] and thin shelled clams". I'd try feeding krill, silversides, or mysis, personally.

Before ripping the tank apart and replacing the substrate, try a PVC burrow.

Dan
 
If it's a spearer, why not just acclimate a pair of mollies to saltwater? Stick 'em in a 10 gallon tank, and you'll have limitless food.
 
could do that, really really poor on the nutrient side of things but what i recommend doing is starting up a 10G tank with a sponge filter and ordering either the white shrimp or janitor shrimp from www.mknwaves.com and feed them nothing but cyclopeeze and dose the tank with calcium to make sure the mantis can get a strong shell and to ensure healthy molts
 
It'd be good for an every-day food, with some other foods added in. That way, once you get mollies established in the tank, you don't have a problem with him having a "buffet" whenver he wants.
 
i would just make sure that you gut load them and make sure there is decent amount of calcium in the tank that he or the mollies can absorb, calcium can play a HUGE role in their molting cycle
 
Thanks for all the info.. Right now hes in a 12G Acrylic, HOB filter soon to hook up a Remora C. 3" Sand bed nice piece of LR 75 degrees..
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8680800#post8680800 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by DanInSD
Uh... "BR"? Not familiar.

"Spearer" is the usual term used, but "slasher" has that nice horror-movie appeal. Something to be said for that. :)

Note that these guys get big -- at least six inches.

Diet, according to Dr. Roy, is "unknown, probably small crustaceans, annelids [segmented worms] and thin shelled clams". I'd try feeding krill, silversides, or mysis, personally.

Before ripping the tank apart and replacing the substrate, try a PVC burrow.

Dan
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