Tank Size for Zebra Mantis?
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You're aware that you have a lot of things to consider, right?
Including:
They (as recommended not by myself, but by Dr. Roy Caldwell - if you've been researching Lysiosquillina care on the internet you'd have heard of him) should have either a 100 gallon tank or a total of around 100 gallons of water in their system, be it sharing water with a large tank, a refugium or some other sort of denitrification system.
They need 13 inches of sand as a bare minimum, more to be on the safe side. They also can't dig a burrow that deep that will hold together with just aragonite. I have heard (not personal experience in this matter) they need some special mud mix to contruct a healthy burrow.
Be prepared for a mantis that refuses to take dead food like silversides.
The weight or 12 inches of sand is enough to break glass. So you'll need a special design to keep 12 inches of sand intact while being able to see the mantis shrimp.
Including:
They (as recommended not by myself, but by Dr. Roy Caldwell - if you've been researching Lysiosquillina care on the internet you'd have heard of him) should have either a 100 gallon tank or a total of around 100 gallons of water in their system, be it sharing water with a large tank, a refugium or some other sort of denitrification system.
They need 13 inches of sand as a bare minimum, more to be on the safe side. They also can't dig a burrow that deep that will hold together with just aragonite. I have heard (not personal experience in this matter) they need some special mud mix to contruct a healthy burrow.
Be prepared for a mantis that refuses to take dead food like silversides.
The weight or 12 inches of sand is enough to break glass. So you'll need a special design to keep 12 inches of sand intact while being able to see the mantis shrimp.
question...if an adult requires 100 gal. of open water, and a REALLY DEEP sand bed...
what would this enclosure look like? since glass probably cant handle that much sand, id guess youd need a "tub" or basin made of concrete to hold the sand then an open bottom tank for the water...
im not getting one....yet
what would this enclosure look like? since glass probably cant handle that much sand, id guess youd need a "tub" or basin made of concrete to hold the sand then an open bottom tank for the water...
im not getting one....yet
<- my face when i saw the email that this thread got resurrected, haha