Hi,
I just got my new sweetheart peacock mantis and I need a better setup for her. she's around 4" to 5" for now. I wanted one for so long!
I plan on buying tomorrow a 30 gallons for her but I have a hard time fiding acrylic tank. My question is, if I buy a glass aquarium and put an acrylic sheet at the bottom, then sand, will it be relatively safe that she will not break the glass? I am not much afraid for the side glass, more for the bottom as they tend to dig.
For now she's very well behave and have not try to punch anything in the aquarium (fluval edge 6 gallons) since I got her 3 days ago. I have plenty of cured liverock for the new tank and good established sand so there should be no cycle but I will check that before I put the mantis in.
I will buy some PVC black pipe and put liverock over it so that she will have a nice dark burrow. I will not use any light on the tank, just a little bit of ambiant light. She does not seem to have any shell rot for now. Will low ambiant light be a risk for shell rot still?
I plan on doing weekly water change and keep the water quality top notch. I know it is dangerous to dose iodine for her so I will not dose anything, just clean water each week with IO salt.
Here is a video of her. Is it normal that she's pale like that? Anything else I need to know?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=VkArm0TJhNY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE5k7...rn7oMFPCQ77weQ