10 Gallon Mantis Reef

[SaltyPup]

I spent 67 on my first one. The second one I spent 120 for...

funny story on how I got my second Orange spot.., I ordered a peacock mantis from liveaquaria (or as they call it clown mantis..) and they sent me an orange spot instead... my lfs also told me that my first one was a peacock as well. After I gave it back to them (first saltwater animal.. it was kinda scary to me! Now I'm addicted to them) and browsed bluezoo I relized the truth.

Mine is labeled as a peacock too actually, but I've had a peacock mantis before and it just looked completely different than this one...

 

[SaltyPup]

So we got a two red leg hermits, and two astrea snails, as well as a small leather and hammer coral. The leather has white polyps and but a green surface which we've never really seen before! Both are doing quite well.

 

[Calappidae]

This might be a silly question but... I heard hammers and other LPS sting and can kill fish and inverts like anemones? I never understood LPS... explainations please

All I know about them is they need spaced apart from other corals as they got sweeping tentacles at night.

 

[peasofme]

At night, its sweeper tentacles can extend up to six inches in the reef aquarium, stinging other species of corals and animals. Allow plenty of room between it and other neighboring corals.

basically they can kill stuff.

 

[terrypercula]

This might be a silly question but... I heard hammers and other LPS sting and can kill fish and inverts like anemones? I never understood LPS... explainations please

All I know about them is they need spaced apart from other corals as they got sweeping tentacles at night.

They can but frankly keep an eye they should be OK. I had a bunch of LPS pretty close to each other and never really had a problem. The only thing I trouble with was a torch I had. But I moved it a little farther away and it was alright.

 

[Calappidae]

They can but frankly keep an eye they should be OK. I had a bunch of LPS pretty close to each other and never really had a problem. The only thing I trouble with was a torch I had. But I moved it a little farther away and it was alright.

I'd be more concerned of my fish getting killed... a coral you can move, a fish and invert speaks for itself..

 

[terrypercula]

I really doubt a fish getting taken down by a sweeper. I'd be more worried about a mantis shrimp with a fish than a piece of LPS

 

[Calappidae]

I really doubt a fish getting taken down by a sweeper. I'd be more worried about a mantis shrimp with a fish than a piece of LPS

Mantis have really hard thick shells so I think they're good on that end.

 

[terrypercula]

No I mean I would worry more about a mantis getting a fish than a piece of LPS. I'm not saying it's impossible for a piece of LPS to kill a fish just unlikely.

 

[SaltyPup]

So we added the mantis shrimp in about a week ago, and he's been pretty shy, but very active when we're not around the tank.

The first photo is him being drip lined into the tank, and the second is after he had been in there for a few moments.

 

[tanksfishtank]

I agree with Calippidae, That Mantis will enjoy the small fish sooner or later! However, they are beautiful.

 

[Calappidae]

Those species tend to just live in SPS branches and hide there all day. They are really really shy to begin with let alone when first added to the tank... then on top of that under high lighting its trying to avoid.

 

[Calappidae]

So we added the mantis shrimp in about a week ago, and he's been pretty shy, but very active when we're not around the tank.

When I had mine I would always walk out of the room... then when I walked back in she was in the corner of the tank... then it gave me a threat display to get out... at the time I was pretty new to the hobby and terrified of it...

 

[kiv9721]

i think your hermits, snails will go 1st and then fish. IMO the soft coral will be eaten if your boy get too hungry.

 

[Calappidae]

i think your hermits, snails will go 1st and then fish. IMO the soft coral will be eaten if your boy get too hungry.

mine ate a tiny hitchhiking Christmas tree worm within 2 minutes of introduction... I'd say pretty even odds on whos going first, but the amount of time left til everything is gone I'll put money on :lmao:
... not really I'm broke :lol2:

 

[kiv9721]

Yeah, it still depend on your shrimp personality. some will eat, some wont. I dont put any coral at all in my shrimp tank