Recent content by ohaple

Is this project dead? I would like to still support you if you are moving forward @Prayingmantisqueen.

I am still in for one.

I was used to it from Carl, our giant rainforest mantis. If given the chance he would always overeat and then spit up on the sides of the enclosure. It was light brown in color and never smelled. Our ghost mantises seemed much less prone to this issue. I believe this differs from grasshoppers...

Well, she passed away on new years. She was just a little L2 when we got her in October of 2018. She made it to 13-14 months and was rather healthy the entire time. No failed molts and almost never any vomit. She was a good hunter and even grabbed two cockroaches at once on a couple occasions...

They are great. The giant rainforest was much more intense. Very active and a great hunter, but you never knew if he was going to try to strike you. The ghosts are much more tame. The peacock mantis we had was reliant on camouflage only and was very difficult to feed and handle.

It has been over a year. We have kept 7 mantises for various periods in that time. One premature death, an L2 Giant Devil Mantis that fell while molting. Our male Giant Rainforest made it about a year. Our male Ghost made it about 11 months. One female ghost also made it about 11 months. Our...

Is this project still moving forward?

Field crickets. I can't explain it, but they creep me out. I am ok with almost everything else (heck, we keep cockroach colonies), but those big black crickets.......

Sounds like fun. I am not breeding shrimp or fish to sell, and am only breeding them in the community tank. Moss is a life-saver (literally) for young fish and shrimp in those tanks.

IMHO, age isn't such a big deal for the care of the animal. I believe it is the parent's responsibility to double check that the animal is being properly cared for, whether its a dog or fish or mantis. Age is a critical factor in handling however. For species, I think ghost mantises are a...

My method was going to feed shrimp in water. We have seen at least one instance of a mantis hunting fish from a pond, I pictured it being similar to that, feeding shrimp out of a shallow dish.

I have some amanos but have never attempted to breed them. I know that most shrimp enthusiasts try to breed amanos, and then usually quit after their first time just because of how labor intensive it is compared with the relatively low cost of buying the shrimp imported. I never thought I would...

I have been keeping a decent sized CRS colony for a while. I generally only use tap water with dechlor. I also keep them warmer than recommended, about 75F. When the TDS gets too high due to evaporation I do water changes with purchased RO water. Soon we will be moving them into a 40g with small...

Hello, sorry for the delay. I tried once briefly and could not get the mantis to strike. Jury is still out on this one. At this point my shrimp are more expensive than I want to try to feed (local fish store will buy them at $4 a piece) and I do not want to feed sick or dead individuals due to...

I always avoid carrot due to the discussion above. When other veggies are cheap and plentiful I find that there is no reason to risk it. I would avoid feeding insects that are known to be venomous, poisonous or aggressive. For instance I would not feed boxelder bugs (which release a nasty...