New 1" mantis- what to feed him

[njmar1]

Got him at a meeting, 1" brown mottling and green eyes, and very inquisitive. I have him in an 8 gallon hex and was wondering what you all use for such a small specimen foodwise. I have been using frog bites. He's much too small for the shrimp bites that I pass to my 3" N. Wennerae on a stick. I was orginally going to put the two in the same tank but he looked far too cute for "deathmatching"

 

[dc]

Probably eat him also! My little guy eats about anything. Mysis shrimp would be good, or break up the shrimp pellets. I also get Ghost shrimp feeders when I can.

 

[DensityMan]

Hrm... was just going to post this same question.

Aside from tiny ghost shrimp (which I hadn't thought of, THANKS) and shrimp pellets which I already use what else is anyone else feeding to juvey Mantids?

I have also fed a small hitchhiker snail (took him two weeks to notice it) and the occasional bit of cyclop-eeze.

Looking for 'natural'/live foods that can be kept with him ('him' being my tiny G. Smithii, 'Tim') for eating at his leisure.

 

[PRC]

My 1.5" N. Wennerae eats smaller pieces of frozen Mysis, little bits of cocktail shrimp from the grocery store, oh, and the occasional small hermit crab when I don't feed it often enough.