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[devonte151]

Im new to the mantisI plan getting a pair of adult ghost mantis and giant shield nymphsfrom mantisplace i was thinking of using spagum moss holds humdity and looks nice what do you guys think.

 

[Rick]

It works great and looks good. You can also vary now much moisture it holds. There are cheaper options like paper towels that many use but it doesn't look good but makes for easy clean up.

 

[devonte151]

Thanks Rick

 

[SkittishMale]

I mostly just use paper towel because its cheaper and is easy to clean and replace. I will also use sphagnum moss sometimes for its naturalistic appearance but only for display setups because I do enjoy the natural look but i only have few display tanks compared to the number of utilitarian enclosures because of the higher cost of sphagnum and that it takes longer to clean if I want to salvage the moss.