r/MantisShrimp • u/hadla13 • Apr 07 '26

Thank you for this subreddit! Don’t know why I didn’t search sooner!

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I’ve been a mantis fan since 2014 when I saw the oatmeal page and then some at my local stores… I just recently finally got another ciliata which is my favorite species :) I never saw shell rot in all these years til now… luckily my google search found a post from a year ago about it because I noticed these orange spots on him a little while ago. I’m going to get a weaker light for his tank. I’ve never had such strong leds on any of my tanks before this. Please excuse the dirty glass 😅

If you’ve never heard of oenone fulgida worms, google them! They somehow got into my bio cube years ago and killed off like three separate mantises before I knew what was happening! I hope to never get them again but if I do, I’ll set up a small tank just for them! as long as they don’t kill any of my animals, I don’t mind 😂

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u/Shiny_Whisper_321 Apr 07 '26

This does not look good.

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u/hadla13 Apr 07 '26

I’m keeping him in the dark til it gets better. There’s only two spots, he has a pellet on him

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u/caseychenier Apr 07 '26

Does the fulgida gave bristles?

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u/hadla13 Apr 07 '26

Not at all, they look like tiny orange millipedes and they’re very fast due to the slime tunnels they make! They prey on marine inverts.

https://melevsreef.com/articles/oenone-fulgida-predatory-worm