ShootMe
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Hello everyone, I am happy to say in May and have decided to reward myself with a new tank. I picked up a 40 breeder yesterday and I am very interested in making it a mantis reef with the addition of a P. Ciliata. The corals would consist of mainly the mushrooms that have grown to overtake my aquapod over the past two years as well as some yellow star polyps, leathers, and a torch coral.
My first question is too much light for the P. Ciliata bad for him. I was looking at the 2x 150w 36†Sunpod from CurrentUSA as it is a very good unit that I can find a bit cheater refurbished. I’ve heard that the peacocks can develop shell disease from too much light and would like to know if the same problem plagues the P. Ciliata’s. If the sunpod is too much light would a T5 setup such as the Tek’s or the Nova Extreme’s prove more acceptable?
Second, what sort of live food do people feed their spearer’s? I’ve see the white shrimp from live aquaria and bet I can keep the 25 shrimp alive in the 20H sump I am going to get. I am wondering what live fish people feed their mantis shrimp. I have yet to find any marine feeder fish being sold online and can only conclude people buy cheap fish from a LFS to feed. Also do you guys think I would need to invest in a skimmer for this tank or is the bioload from one mantis and the feedings is not enough to warrant a skimmer? Lastly I’ve been checking Stomatopod.com and the only P. Ciliata mantis they usually have are cream transparent colors. Would they change color into the bright yellow’s and greens that I have seen on Dr. Roys website?
I hope this is a good idea and that a single P. Ciliata will not get lost and never been seen again in a 40 gallon tank. All comments welcomed and appreciated.
My first question is too much light for the P. Ciliata bad for him. I was looking at the 2x 150w 36†Sunpod from CurrentUSA as it is a very good unit that I can find a bit cheater refurbished. I’ve heard that the peacocks can develop shell disease from too much light and would like to know if the same problem plagues the P. Ciliata’s. If the sunpod is too much light would a T5 setup such as the Tek’s or the Nova Extreme’s prove more acceptable?
Second, what sort of live food do people feed their spearer’s? I’ve see the white shrimp from live aquaria and bet I can keep the 25 shrimp alive in the 20H sump I am going to get. I am wondering what live fish people feed their mantis shrimp. I have yet to find any marine feeder fish being sold online and can only conclude people buy cheap fish from a LFS to feed. Also do you guys think I would need to invest in a skimmer for this tank or is the bioload from one mantis and the feedings is not enough to warrant a skimmer? Lastly I’ve been checking Stomatopod.com and the only P. Ciliata mantis they usually have are cream transparent colors. Would they change color into the bright yellow’s and greens that I have seen on Dr. Roys website?
I hope this is a good idea and that a single P. Ciliata will not get lost and never been seen again in a 40 gallon tank. All comments welcomed and appreciated.
