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This is my first Saltwater and so far so good. I have a couple clown fish, a couple pom pom crabs, an emerald crab (I had 2, but, grimlok lol), a porcelain crab and some coral. I had some snails, but Grimlok has made meals of them. (Surprise surprise, right?) So far so good!!

That's how it was scaped. Problem was, it was in a moult for 3 weeks, I went in to check at the end of the 3rd week cuz I was concerned. It had survived the moult, however, in checking I had to readjust some of the rock (because I moved the one he burrowed under) and I guess I left some lose...

It's a bit of a story, I'll condense it best I can. That one died in an unfortunate rock fall in the tank. I bought a new one that was supposed to be a peacock and ended up being a different species from the Philippines. After a month, that one died too... 3rd time is a charm so far and the...

Thanks. It's the first moult. I'm an invert guy and have five crayfish I keep and all have moulted numerous times successfully... But everything I've read about Mantis shrimp suggest that their moults are very difficult.

Sorry Kal, just saw this response now, for some reason my notifications did not come through. To answer your question, yes, it's a Mantis only tank. This is a photo of the tank at night. But my Mantis is currently in the midst of moulting. Been about 7 days so I'm a little worried, but hoping...

I know, right? They'd be killing more than just crayfish!!

The end!!

First Crayfish!!

So interesting turn of events. Ax is berried!! I'm assuming sometimes females berry without males? From what I can tell, there's maybe 20 eggs. Not a large clutch at all and I'd imagine there's no way they're fertile. I'll keep updates forthcoming lol

Well, I don't know if it's a female or male yet. It's also still a bit shy so when I've fed it so far it disappears into the coral. This week (wednesday) for the first time I tried to feed it a crab. As you can see in the pic, the crab is still alive, although, missing one claw lol. As soon as...

I guess I forgot to update here. I got it... it's doing great so far, been about 3 weeks!!

Looking nice and pretty after her moult. Healthy too!!

I may dose the levasimole again, in a couple days and do another water change just to see if that gets as to moult as well. But I'll keep a close eye a d see as I go. Thanks for your help Richie!

I just did a water change on Tuesday! You think I should do another?

It was starting to. Looks like only just a bit. Yes it is a complete moult. Lights are still off in the tank currently and Crush still seems a bit sensitive. So I'll take a look a bit later and ensure it's all gone. Now hopefully Ax can moult and I'll be a happy guy again

Here ya go!

Richie! Crush moulted finally (I've dosed twice with the medication over the last 6 days) should I leave the old shell so she can eat it? Or take it out because it has rot? Could she get rot again by eating shell with rot?

Anyone familiar with how to reset this light?

Not yet. No moults for any of the three for a while now..... I'll post some now... Smash is the only one with no shell rot. You can see where it's happening to Crush, also some on one of her claws and one of her legs. One of ax's antenna has pretty much rotted out, she's hiding currently so...

They're doing like they have been since I got them. They're eating and moving around, playing with the substrate and seem to be healthy other than the rot. So weird. So how do I figure what amount of liquid the substrate will account for? Do you happen to know an equation for that by any chance?