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tlouie

07/12/2004, 01:43 PM

how often do mantis molt?

i have a 5" peacock, and it hasn't molted since i got it (probably 5-6 months ago)

is this normal?

my fire shrimp seems to molt once every month or so. I know this isn't a good benchmark since different animals, different tanks.

crafty_50mitchell

07/12/2004, 05:57 PM

If you do a forum search for molting I believe Dr. Roy has posted a general outline of the molting process, and most likely numerous others had too. Just off the top of my head I would say its not strange for a 5 inch mantis not to molt in 5-6 months but would venture to say the next one probably is not too far off in the future.
Brian