
Stomatopod Care and Rearing
This will consist of articles from contributors, as well as
information from the public literature (which basically consists
of journal articles). It should be noted at the beginning that
mantis shrimps have been credited by some aquarists as being
extremely tough to kill (one anecdotal story has the author
sticking a mantis shrimp in a sealed dry jar, then finding out
that the thing was still alive days later), and others have noted
the ease with which these animals can be cultured. . If you are
one of those extremely rare individuals who has maintained one of
the commercially available species, please feel free to contact me to help expand
this section.
- Shipping Stomatopods Part 2 by Dr. Roy Caldwell (October 2,2004)
- Shell Disease in Odontodactylus scyllarus Revisited by Dr. Roy Caldwell (July 10,2003)
- How often do they need to be fed? by Dr. Roy Caldwell (July 10,2003)
- Mantis shrimp sensitivity to various household solvents by Dr. Roy Caldwell (September 28,2001)
- Shipping Stomatopods by Dr. Roy Caldwell (September 27,2001)
- Acquiring your first stomatopod
- Smart Shopping: When is a Clown
not a Clown? (April 10,1998)
- Maintaining mantis shrimps
(April 5,1998)
- Care Bits (tidbits from
assorted emails by the author)
- List of Stomatopod Prey
- Care and Rearing

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