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How to keep mantis shrimp
Here are the methods and precautions for keeping mantis shrimp:

1. Mantis shrimp is a kind of marine arthropods, mostly burrowing, carnivorous, like to dig holes in the sandy bottom or hide among corals. Is a fierce hunter, will take the initiative to attack the prey. A kind of seafood pikey shrimp on our coast is also a kind of mantis shrimp. But it is used as food.

2. So to keep mantis shrimp, first of all, you need to have a sea water tank. Seawater salinity 1.020-1.025, pH 8.1-8.4 tank can not be too small. Otherwise the mantis shrimp has the possibility of knocking the tank wall. The tank can prevent coral and other landscape.

3. Mantis shrimp like to live in cave. So provide gravel or movable stones for its residence. Fish, shrimp, crab and other animal food it will eat. Be careful when providing live food as it may break the tank wall.

4. Mantis shrimps are good at fighting with their own kind. So you can't keep it in a group. You can only keep one in a tank. At the same time, the aggressiveness is particularly strong, so basically do not put other living things in the tank. This thing even barnacles will be crushed and eaten. So it's best to keep the density a little smaller.

5, need to pay attention to is, this thing to human aggression is also very strong. So when you keep it, never put your hand in to tease it or scratch it. It is very likely that your fingers will be broken.