MrMorton
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I'm currently researching buying a mantis shrimp (N. wennerae) from tbs and I have a few Questions.
1. everyone says to feed mantis shrimp live food at least once a month but i am not in a position to feed them live food very often at all (certainly not crabs or snails...) in order to maintain its raptoral appendages i was wondering if i could feed it clams (frozen), in cohesion with salad shrimp and maybe some live brine shrimp just to make him chase stuff around
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2 There is a confusing thing on the tbs website when looking at the price list...it says that the N. wennerae costs 10$ but it also says "one N. wennerae delivered right to your door" costs 50$. I know a lot of people have ordered from them so i was wondering if anyone had info on this oddity.
on other subjects...here is my tank setup so far...tell me what you think and if it will work well
aquaeurousa 12.5g open top aquarium (its glass but it is cheap, good reviews, and I read that small mantis shrimps cant't break glass)with a glass cover
petco brand 15 watt florescent lighting
(i heard they don't need much lighting and i can touching the tank if need be)
5 lbs of tbs or fiji lr (which is better[fiji rock from aloha aquariums<--cheap])
3.5 inches of argonite dead sand (how many lbs is that)
thanks for all comments :bounce3: :bounce3: :bounce3:
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1. everyone says to feed mantis shrimp live food at least once a month but i am not in a position to feed them live food very often at all (certainly not crabs or snails...) in order to maintain its raptoral appendages i was wondering if i could feed it clams (frozen), in cohesion with salad shrimp and maybe some live brine shrimp just to make him chase stuff around

2 There is a confusing thing on the tbs website when looking at the price list...it says that the N. wennerae costs 10$ but it also says "one N. wennerae delivered right to your door" costs 50$. I know a lot of people have ordered from them so i was wondering if anyone had info on this oddity.

on other subjects...here is my tank setup so far...tell me what you think and if it will work well
aquaeurousa 12.5g open top aquarium (its glass but it is cheap, good reviews, and I read that small mantis shrimps cant't break glass)with a glass cover
petco brand 15 watt florescent lighting

5 lbs of tbs or fiji lr (which is better[fiji rock from aloha aquariums<--cheap])
3.5 inches of argonite dead sand (how many lbs is that)
thanks for all comments :bounce3: :bounce3: :bounce3:
:fish1: