mantis question?!

would my mantis break the glass on a 70 or 50 gallon aquarium? a guy is selling one for 60 dollars with the stand and i need a bigger tank for her in the future so i wanna upgrade now.

 

glass or acrylic? thickness? mantis? my 5 inch mantis cant break the glass on my 3 gallon picotope

 

no clue how thick but pretty thick because of how big it is. it is a glass tank. she is a O. japonicus and she is only 3 1/2 to 4 inches long.

 

they are closely related to peacock mantises, which are strong smashers. how tall is the tank, or rather how large is the largest pane of glass. the more surface area pressed by water, the weaker the glass is to a smash. I would definitely be careful. For now, you could take thin acrylic like Lexan or something similar and line the tank. Good luck to you

 

yeah she is beautiful. i think i might get a 35 gallon? idk how thick i just texted the guy about it and i will see. what do you have yours in? and what kind and how thick is the glass. i want a 30+ gallon tank for her.

 

ive got my 4-5 inch wennerae in a 3 gallon picotope. he is very lazy and my tank is plumbed into my 90 gal system so the 3 gallon fits him fine. He just chills in his cave all day with some re-arranging here and there, and of course the occasional destruction of a rock crab

 

haha nice! mine is so active! she is constantly redoing her rock home but she hasnt gone into her huge PVC home i made her. i fed her 2 goldfish today and she ate them both!

 

is there anyplace i can get some cheap live feeder crabs or shrimp?

 

i get my rock crabs from my LFS. on rock shipment days they get a bunch of them off the live rock so i get them for free but otherwise i buy them for 1.99, a small price to pay but definitely worth it. my mantis also eats krill and sand eels when i dont have crabs on hand. i am going to make my mantis a pvc home soon as well!

 

yeah i want her to use it but she never does but ive only had her for about 2 days now. so i hope she will soon. i love her and so does my mom actually she is so interested in her. she loves watching her do somersalts when she turns around!