What will my Mantis Shrimp kill?

[STONEDFISH]

I have a Mantis Shrimp in a 15 gallon tank. It eats frozen brine shrimp mostly, and ghost shrimp if they don't die first.

The tank is not really set for a fish to live, but Manny is a tough bastard....so he loves it.

Would a Damsel survive my sh*tty saltwater for long enough to see how the shrimp reacts??

Sweet :22_yikes:

 

[DeLgAdO]

nope, that damsel will pretty much be on death row, mantis will get it sooner or later.

 

[RhomBeusBoi]

check it...dont feed your mantis too often....sometimes they store and burry their food....it gets funky sometimes....

 

[guppy]

If you are asking if the damsel will live long enough for the mantis to kill it, that would bepend on just how bad your tank is. I'm curious as to how big Mannie is? Some tropical thumbsplitters reach 10" long. Since you are in Ga. you might try a pin perch or some other small inshore sw local fish.

 

[Mattcomptonassvanhorn]

That damsel is expensive food. Thats why people shouldn't keep mantis shrimp because you cant keep **** with them.

 

[rayman45]

they are fast
no fish

 

[STONEDFISH]

I want him to catch the fish........I want to see what he does.......I've only seen him eat frozen shrimp.

 

[Mattcomptonassvanhorn]

Then feed him a goldfish.

 

[STONEDFISH]

Oh no.....I'm a sad man. I don't know what did it, but when I changed some of his water.....he started acting funny and then kicked it. I got an empty tank. A sad sight.

 

[DeLgAdO]

good, now you can put some fish in it.