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Originally Posted by nmotz
That's a great looking G. Smithii! It even has the red inter-segmental bands that my old one had. I would feed a portion size no larger than your pinky fingernail around 2-3x per week. Frozen food of any kind (shrimp, clams, mussels, octopus, krill, whatever) enriched with Selcon is a great meal and it's easy to control portion size.
For live food, just put some small hermits or snails in the tank and watch him go to work. He'll most likely enjoy live brine shrimp too if you have access to those.
You can feed more or less than I've recommended, but that is just a baseline many people use. Just like with other marine livestock, if you feed too much and the mantis doesn't eat it, you'll begin to have water quality issues. Also, the more you feed, the more reclusive your mantis may become (fat, happy mantis shrimp don't need to forage as much)
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2~3 times or 20~30 times?
Selcon, how to use? mixed with the frozen food?
Btw, how to ensure they are eating the meat, instead of holding?
Ah, as you can see, from my first picture, i cut a shrimp to several parts, like that size.
But, how long i need take it away?
Thanks