Do you know what kind of mantis you are looking into getting? Different kinds require different things.. I have both of my mantis' in 10 gallon tanks with just a simple penguin 100GPH bio-wheel filter. They do not require much lighting on my p. ciliata tank I am just running a 18W compact light fixture I bought from Big Al's Online. For substrate I am using some argonite reef sand in my peac0ck's tank and some tahitian moon sand in my p. ciliata's tank. All in all each setup cost me about 100 bucks. But can be done cheaper. When you get on yahoo I can give you some more help..
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