Mantis Shrimp

[lizardfishman]

Who here has them? I really want to get one and was wondering if any of u guys had one.

 

[VLDesign]

I've had several... Peacock mantis.. Very smart and curious creature. Worth getting if you can give them a larger solitary tank.

 

[Eclipse]

I have a peacock mantis as well right now in a 29 gallon biocube

Also I would like to add that as long as you keep him fed well it might not require a species tank setup. Right now my 29 gallon is full of corals that he rarely touches and an archeye hawkfish and a nemo, he doesn't mess with any of them. No other inverts though

 

[Pufferpunk]

Someone asking about me?

Here's the 15g tank I live in.
I have a lot more rock & corals in my tank now:

And the basement condo I dug out:

 

[BIGgourami]

yeah quite a few people on here have or at least had mantises before. they are really worth while if you dont mind the whole solo tank thing.

 

[Fish Eat Fish]

IMO one of the coolest creatures in the Monster keeping hobby!

 

[dmopar74]

are mantis hardy? got no probs with a solitary tank but have never done the SW thing. would a mantis shrimp be a good choice for a SW noob?

 

[BIGgourami]

noobish.... i think once you get the basics down they are totally withing reach.
finding a good SW store that you can trust would be a good thing to do first.

 

[Pufferpunk]

The only thing is keeping on top of the water level on a smaller tank. I also have several corals & even a 6-line wrasse in there to eat all the extra posd that were taking over.

 

[Fish Eat Fish]

they are pretty hardy but I would start with some easy marine fish like damsels and then when you get your mantis he will already have some food lol