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[Altpers0na-old]

Iv got a new peacock... will be bringing it home in a few days...

i know its going to do what it wants.... and nothing has better than a 50 50 chance in a tank with it...

but....

if its going to get along with any other creature(s)... what would they be...

iv read of peacocks 'feeding' star fish...

iv seen a pic of one holding a box fish...

heard of them killing lionfish...

eating damsels with out killing them first...

and the octos... those poor octos....

so im asking the always popular 'what can i put in the tank with it' question




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its tank will be a

75g aga drilled, 3 t5 lights... skimmer, 38g sump (i think) sand , rock, zoas , maybe some xenia...


thanks for any input....

 

[justinl]

lol you know what im about to say.

best chance of survival regarding fish is some something fast and stays in the water column. mean stuff have a better chance but may cause the mantis to hide more often than not. Big stuff like my foxface may frighten a mantis too. and then of course there's always the possibility of dead fish.

as for inverts stars are hit or miss but have a better chance than urchins. I wouldn't bother with clams or anything else really. Im not sure how cukes do.

the main thing i think is to stay away from anything toxic enough to crash your tank once the mantis kills it. Price will probably have a good say. ethics may as well. I wouldn't do the clam because bivalves have a lot of meat and a dead one may foul a tank very fast.

 

[Altpers0na-old]

id dont guess a clown in a good size anem is very safe...

iv not really seen to much on if mantis's get stung , or care about being stung or not....

 

[G.SMITHII]

i really think its just hit or miss based on temperment. ive never relly heard of a peacock being tolorent of much of anything, where as i heard one specific instaance where a dude had a peacok with like 3 seahorses in a 40 gall!?!?
(i question the credibility of that though....)

but other smaller species of bashers seem to be a lil more leinient with roomates.

my g.smithii lives with a pepermint shrimp, a damsel and a firefish.

and he really doesnt pay musch attention to anthing that doest crawl. but thats just my guy.

i think its all about the personality of the mantis you get, with some species prone to being more ****ed than others?

 

[DanInSD]

My (well-fed) peacock seems perfectly happy with two yellow-tailed blue damsels. She watches them swim occasionally (you can see her eyes tracking them) and occasionally makes half-hearted efforts to lunge in their general direction, but that's about it.

Hermit crabs, well, that's another issue entirely. Nothing is safe. I threw in a pretty big one (almost golf-ball sized). She spent the night whacking away at it, but couldn't get in (chipped off a lot, though). It finally escaped, only to be re-captured, and bashed successfully, within a few days. Sounded like a bloody jackhammer.

Ain't this fun?

Dan

 

[Ms. K]

My mantis lives with a black molly. Despite appearances, the mantis in this pic is about 6-7". The molly is 7-8" closer to the camera, so it looks much bigger than it actually is...lol

 

[Altpers0na-old]

cool pic,

 

[justinl]

Ms. K, the sand in the pic looks sparkly... is that just the camera or what?

altpersona, i think your best course of action is this:
1)get the mantis, throw it in the tank and let it sit and get comfortable. This way theres no fish to freak it out.
2)get a cheap yellowtail damsel. I say yellowtail because they are more docile as far as damsels go yet are still fast and stay in the water column. From that youll be able to judge whether or not other fish would be safe depending on if the damsel is attacked often or is just killed.

 

[mattyice]

i had a dwarf lion in with mine for about a month and it wasnt a problem at all, i have had about 6 different damsels in its tank also...3 of them were killed and eaten, 1 was eaten alive, and the others lived until i got like $2 for them as a trade in, it all matters on the mantis and the mood its in...mine switches daily and just added another hawkfish to its kill list

 

[Ms. K]

Justin, the sand is a coarser grained sand, so I think it's just light reflecting off one of the flat edges of the sand crystals. It's not actually sparkly. I put that darn damsel in there hoping the mantis would eat it. Now I have to feed the mantis and the fish...lol.