peacock endurance abilities

[Ron Popeil]

when i left, the temperature was a hearty 80 degrees. when i returned 36 hours later, the temperature was a mere 62 degrees. i found the heater unplugged, and suspect it was unplugged somehow accidentally by either my foot or some other means when i left, leaving the temperature to drop and to remain low for most of those 36 hours, since our house isnt heated, and its usually extremely cold. the yellow tail blue damsel that i had in the tank for food was dead, and yet, lurking in his cave was my peacock mantis. visually alert, yet physically motionless, he was still alive. i couldnt believe it.
so i turned up the heat, and had to run off to work. when i returned, the damsel was gone, presumably consumed, and everything was back to normal.

has anyone ever lost their peacock or mantis to this low of a temperature drop?

 

[Renzema]

Hey if that Mantis is to much trouble, I will take him off your hands..j/k. Good to hear hes alright.

Renzema

 

[Gonodactylus]

O. scyllarus can live in the field down to about 68 and as high as 88 (at least this is the temperature range over which I have collected them). What usually does them in is a quick temperature change.

I would say that what your animal experienced was about at the limit.

Roy

 

[Jace18]

Has anyone has any experience with the salinity running really low in their mantis tank and the mantis lived. I have what I believe is a The Rainbow Mantis: Pseudosquilla ciliata. My auto top off wend a muck and lowered my salinity to 1.010 for at least 3 days while I was gone.
Thanks
Jace