Feeding

OkiNano · #1 09/26/2006, 01:05 AM

How often do you guys feed your mantis shrimps?

bump321 · #2 09/26/2006, 02:01 AM

I feed mine silver sides & or squid twice a week & mysis shrimp on the other days. I also keep a bunch of n. snails in her tank that get into the sand. So she can eat whenever she want.

OkiNano · #3 09/26/2006, 09:24 AM

ok, sounds like what I'm doing already...thanks bump!

bump321 · #4 09/27/2006, 12:27 AM

your welcome

sknich · #5 10/05/2006, 11:28 AM

what type of squid do you use and where do you get the silversides? just at the LFS or like a fish market?

bump321 · #6 10/06/2006, 07:29 PM

I get both at my LFS . The squid brand is SAN Francisco Bay & the silver sides is what ever they have. Libby also likes Krill but not near as much as the other two.

sknich · #7 10/07/2006, 02:46 PM

thanks

LittlePuff · #8 10/07/2006, 11:12 PM

clams, mysis, mussel, krill.

Flusher · #9 10/16/2006, 03:23 AM

I don't mean to sound snarky, but this thread is fairly pointless without naming the type and size of mantis' you guys have.

I feed my 2" smithii at most a piece of krill every other day (usually I forget for several days at a time). I feed the Three-Stripe Damsel that's in there every few days (a mix of bloodworms, mysis, brine, and cyclopeeze), so there's usually something for it to eat. Also, I try to keep a snail or two in the tank to work on the algae, and sometimes hermit crabs too. Replacing the snails is cheap enough not to be an issue.

bump321 · #10 10/16/2006, 06:30 AM

Libby is a peacock & is at least 4 inches. I have 3 damsels in with her & so far she has left these alone. She ate the other 2 I put in with her.

OkiNano · #11 10/16/2006, 11:56 PM

Manny is a G. Ternatensis thats around 2 inches

bump321 · #12 10/17/2006, 12:07 AM

Here is a picture of her.