Fish that are mantis compatable
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I know sometimes people do keep fish with their mantis but it depends on what type of mantis you have
my peacock eats black mollies sometimes so I would say no
hurricanes944
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i have a small smasher, some type of neogonadactylus, not quite sure the species yet, but i have it in a 10 gallon with a christmas tree wrasse. no problems yet. been in there together for about 5 months.
StrongHandsMcGee
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i've heard of people keeping large clowns (tomato, clarkii, maroon, etc) in with peacocks.
I keep a damsel and a couple of lions with my 4+" O.S.
Never had any trouble. I have heard of puffers, but I'm not going to risk it. Definately not any triggers! Larger Groupers, so long as they can't get the mantis into the tank. I think I may one day get a miniatus or blue spot. That would be kewl.
Never had any trouble. I have heard of puffers, but I'm not going to risk it. Definately not any triggers! Larger Groupers, so long as they can't get the mantis into the tank. I think I may one day get a miniatus or blue spot. That would be kewl.
pisces77
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What size tank is this? I keep a clown, a zebra lion (waiting to go in my larger tank), and a sixline wrasse with a ternatensis, I'd keep very inexpensive tankmates with a peacock, just in case. One friend of mine kept a cardinal with his peacock for a few years, but you never know.
As far as puffers (someone suggested this) or triggers, the mantis will get killed or kill off this threat, no doubt in my mind.
As far as puffers (someone suggested this) or triggers, the mantis will get killed or kill off this threat, no doubt in my mind.
The tank is a custom 1/2" acrylic that has around 32 gallons of water in it. Live rock, crushed coral, bakpak2 and plastic shell heater. Mantis safe after my O.S. broke his glass tank and made a 20 gallon mess in the kitchen.
The Lions are Radiata, Zebra and a small yellow tail damsel. I also have a chocolate chip star, purple urchin and any number of hermit crabs, astrea snails just in case hunger strikes. He's pretty spoiled on Krill at this point to actively hunt them down.
The Lions are Radiata, Zebra and a small yellow tail damsel. I also have a chocolate chip star, purple urchin and any number of hermit crabs, astrea snails just in case hunger strikes. He's pretty spoiled on Krill at this point to actively hunt them down.
OS are larger, but (from what I have observed), mt tern is a ferocious beast. I haven't put anything in with the OS that wasn't meant as food, but I did judt try a pink tipped anemone wit the tern 2 days ago.
She immediately 'snuck up' on it and attacked fiercely.
I had 2 green chromis in with my G. Viridis (he's not even 3" long...) months ago, and he murdered one of them , for getting nosy at the base of his burrow. The other, i returned to the LFS.
Things that don't get killed in my (6) mantis tanks...
O,Scyllarus: For some reason, there is one snal that he just doesn't eat...other than that, whenever the top comes off, he knows ir's 'feedin' time'.
G. Ternatensis: She doesn't hassle a medium sized feather duster worm, the many copepods and amphipods and the 2 lettuce nudibranchs that I recently added for algae control (freebies from a LFS). Mushroom corals are left alone.
G. Platysoma: He left a peppermint alone for a bit,but eventually ate him. he doesn't seem to really care for snails, so the are relativeliy safe ( as mantis Shrimp tanks go...). He lives with zoos,mushrooms and I currently have a pink tipped anemone in there, but I am removing that tonight, so that it doesn't get attacked like the one i the Tern's tank did.
G. Chiraga: She hasn't injured the new colony of yellow polyps that I added 2 days back, and she seems to ignore hermits for the most part.
N. Wennerae: Not much in with him...he has left larger snails alone, but eats the little ones.
G. Viridis: Here's the strange case...This, my first mantis shrimp, has lived with several 'prey' items for months without attacking them.
An emerald mithrax, 5-7 hermits,...he eats snails, but has a few bigger ones that he leaves alone. He hasn't molested the lettuce nudi yet, either. His tank is filled with amphipods and copepods, so maybe he is eating them...as well as snails. As I said, he killed the green chromis that I added.
Not really an answer to your specific question, but perhaps it shed some light on aggressiveness.
-Ron
She immediately 'snuck up' on it and attacked fiercely.
I had 2 green chromis in with my G. Viridis (he's not even 3" long...) months ago, and he murdered one of them , for getting nosy at the base of his burrow. The other, i returned to the LFS.
Things that don't get killed in my (6) mantis tanks...
O,Scyllarus: For some reason, there is one snal that he just doesn't eat...other than that, whenever the top comes off, he knows ir's 'feedin' time'.
G. Ternatensis: She doesn't hassle a medium sized feather duster worm, the many copepods and amphipods and the 2 lettuce nudibranchs that I recently added for algae control (freebies from a LFS). Mushroom corals are left alone.
G. Platysoma: He left a peppermint alone for a bit,but eventually ate him. he doesn't seem to really care for snails, so the are relativeliy safe ( as mantis Shrimp tanks go...). He lives with zoos,mushrooms and I currently have a pink tipped anemone in there, but I am removing that tonight, so that it doesn't get attacked like the one i the Tern's tank did.
G. Chiraga: She hasn't injured the new colony of yellow polyps that I added 2 days back, and she seems to ignore hermits for the most part.
N. Wennerae: Not much in with him...he has left larger snails alone, but eats the little ones.
G. Viridis: Here's the strange case...This, my first mantis shrimp, has lived with several 'prey' items for months without attacking them.
An emerald mithrax, 5-7 hermits,...he eats snails, but has a few bigger ones that he leaves alone. He hasn't molested the lettuce nudi yet, either. His tank is filled with amphipods and copepods, so maybe he is eating them...as well as snails. As I said, he killed the green chromis that I added.
Not really an answer to your specific question, but perhaps it shed some light on aggressiveness.
-Ron
My Ternatensis was so timid that I grew bored with it.
The O.S. is vicious and lethal. That's my observation. There has not been one thing he has not killed, besides the animals I previously listed. I go to the LFS and ask for new/different victim inverts all the time.
He has left one snail alone in the tank, it apprears that he just doesn't recognize it as food. Every astrea is laid to waste in short order.
I had no idea how aggressive he could be until I dropped this first piece of food into the tank. It was a peppermint shrimp. It was immediately diced in half (!!!) and devoured. I've had Saltwater tanks my entire life and this "shrimp" had given me another reason to fear the wrath of nature.
The O.S. is vicious and lethal. That's my observation. There has not been one thing he has not killed, besides the animals I previously listed. I go to the LFS and ask for new/different victim inverts all the time.
He has left one snail alone in the tank, it apprears that he just doesn't recognize it as food. Every astrea is laid to waste in short order.
I had no idea how aggressive he could be until I dropped this first piece of food into the tank. It was a peppermint shrimp. It was immediately diced in half (!!!) and devoured. I've had Saltwater tanks my entire life and this "shrimp" had given me another reason to fear the wrath of nature.
rwhhunt
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I just purchased a 30 gallon bowfront reef setup complete w/ everything! (Killer deal from my roomates sister!) The reason I was purchasing the tank was for an upgrade for my peacock, I was orignally getting only a 16 gal, but I couldnt pass up this oppurtunity. But I would like to have some kind of fish that could swim around. I was thinking to try a damsel or two, and see if he messes with them, if not, I might try a zebra dwarf. My peacock is more passive than i thought he would be. He kills crawfish, but will take his time only attacking when the walk into his home... I was hoping I could put a clean up crew in there, My peacock had a starfish roomate that He Never bothered, and when it died (left town for a week and my water parameters declined), I think my mantis was sad, he moped around and wouldnt eat for a few days...
Any suggestions for some new roommates????
Any suggestions for some new roommates????
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