New peacock

nikesb4l

nikesb4l

YJ true wrangler.
I order her from stomatopod.com. She arived right at 10am. The packaging was amazing 4 bags with chaeto. Billy from stomatopod, does a amazing job, I would like to reccomend buying from him.
I'm waiting on my camera to charge to get some pictures but she is doing very well. She took a swing at a grass shrimp within the fist 2mins LOL. I'm so excitied.
 
all i got so far
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camera phone too still waiting on camera to charge.
 
Shes beautiful, there amazing animals, Mines been hunting grass shrimp all morning and she can't catch them. My N. wennerae can hit them but i dont think he kills them.
 
For the last few hours shes been just laying on her back moving all her pleopods, lat night I put a quarter sized coarse handed lady crab in there and it was missing its claws. She killed it and ate it. I didnt get to see. Maybe shes just full and is resting. My water salinity is at 33 1.024, I have a skimmer too. Any ideas I got her yesterday morning, im worried.
 
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makes me so sad. She moves spots every once and awile.
 
That doesn't look right. What are water parameters and other organisms in tank. What acclimation procedure did you use?
 
Mentat's right, nikesb41, check everything...how long did you acclimate her for? What about the difference in ph in shipping water and your tank (easy to forget to check ph),did you acclimate her for warmth first thing in tank water? When did you change your water last? What else in in there that has possible toxic to Stomatopod elements? Stinging corals, etc? I would do a partial water change NOW!!!
 
nikes...are you sure your tank was cycled??? Didn't you just recently get your HOB? How long was the LR and were did you get it? I mean, from another tank...was it just purchased? And what about the sand? Usually all these thing together take about 3 weeks to level out to be stable...if not, as Dr. Roy was saying, a nitrate spike can happen so fast, you miss it, and it will kill your stomatopod.. he/she is lovely and I do so hope she makes it. Keep hoping and it helps to write everything you did to the tank down so you can see what you might have missed. I do.

Good luck
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Curly
 
This is a different tank that has been up and running for a long time. The water is fine, Like i said she was walking around the tank all day yesterday, I left for a few hours just before and before i left i turned lights off.when i came back and she was still on her back I went closer to the tank and put my finger on the glass and she fliped over and moved alittle. Now shes staying in that spot. Theres a halloween hermit crab that lives with her. this tank is where my N. wennerae was in but i down sized him to the 10 gal. The sand in the tank was bio.active sand and i got it a few months ago.
 
If all water parameters including: ammonia, nitrites, pH, temp, salinity check ok and you did a proper acclimating based on the differences between shipping water and your tank, there is a couple things you might want to look at. Normally Mantis belong on their legs, not their back.

Yes, I would get ready (mix water, etc.) and conduct a large water change if water ain't right or that tank, it's substrate, or the LR have ever being treated with any medications that is harmful to invertebrates. Make sure change water matches your tank pH and salinity, do not want to stress Mantis more. If there are any animals (including feeders) in tank that could be a threat to mantis while not to par; recommend remove them now.

Also, is there a source of VOC fumes in area where tank is? Mantis are extremely sensitive to them and even small amounts on air can be noxious.
 
I did i 5 gall water change, I can do a 10, Down the street from my house they have water on tap thats protien skimmed and UV sterilized. shes standing back on her feet but she hasn't moved.
 
Shes still in the same spot. Ugh im really upset i hope shes okay. I would be devastated if she didn't make it.
-thanks for the support guys i really appreciate it. any other sudjestions?
 
....she died. sorry guys. i'm not sure what I did. I compleatly devastated. I'm calling it a night. =[
 
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