On a more serious note I am about to offer up 'Grape Ape' my Emerald crab to your mantis unless he starts behaving better.
Yea, buying animals to just eat the HA is such a hit and miss thing. I spent hundreds on animals that eat HA and found only one that would actually eat it, a seahare, and he didn't last long for some reason. Water changes/nutrient reduction is probably going to be your best bet.
So we have concluded that a Smasher mantis will inevitably eat everything.. even your kids. So keep them away..
Don't put anything in the tank that you cannot be without...... thread closed!
Devon very much enjoys Matt's sarcasm.
Hehe. i was thinking of sending mine off to 'Uncle Matt's' this summer, but then I realized what a degenerate he is so I am on the fence. lol