peackock mantis in a 10 gallon set up

[bubbagump]

well hi everyone i just registered and i have a spare 10 gallon tank with hood light filter and undergravel filter. i was thingking about getting a peackcock mantis. would about 2 peices of live rock about 8 lbs and some crushed coral and a buried peice of pvc pipe.. what all do they eat?

 

[biomekanic]

live clams, hermit crabs, snails, krill soaked in vitamins and selco, fresh fish, squid... I spoil mine, the wife complains I feed it better than her (then again, she watches Fuzzy as much as I do and wants me to teach her how to feed her)

I tried live mussels, and they just died a day later and mucked up the tank, oysters, even small ones, have pretty thick shells.

I'm going to try these guys out:
http://ecosaqua.com/index.htm
from what Dr. Roy said the little red shrimp should be lunch on the hoof (as it were) for a mantis

 

[Fcamdog]

I'm not sure what else you have for filtration but don't use the undergravel. They aren't effective with saltwater tanks, or even for freshwater really, especially since you will have a burrowing animal.

 

[Agilecrux]

fcamdog

remember me?

still got the g. mutatus that i got from you. doing pretty good too.