I just got a peacock mantis from fishsupply.com. I am very happy with her. She is about 3-4 inches, well adjusted and eating. Very interactive. Currently in an 8 gallon Mirabello tank (they aren't too common) and doing fine.
This may seem like a dumb question, but can I house her (for a while anyway) in my 12 gallon nano cube? I understand she may excavate and move corals and rock work. I'm willing to take that chance.
But will she destroy/eat any of the corals? I have frags or small specimens of:
Galaxea
Torch coral
Frogspawn
yellow polyps
brown polyps
orange polyps
cabbage leather
toadstool leather
mushrooms
small rose BTA
tiny BTA clone
Also have some macro, don't care about it too much
Can/will any of these harm HER?
The tank is very healthy. It is an unmodified nano cube, with 24-watt reef lighting. I left the bio-media and foam in the back, may remove it.
As the corals grow, they will be moved to larger accomodations. There is about 15 lbs live rock forming a lot of hollows and caves. Shallow sand bed.
Ultimately I want to move the BTAs to a dedicated tank (44 gallon), and get a 24 gallon nano for the polyps, other corals (and maybe the mantis shrimp).
I have other and bigger tanks I can house her in (or move her to once she grows).
The nano is on my desk at work, and I love to look at it. I love to look at the mantis too.
Is it crazy to want to try this?
Lisa
This may seem like a dumb question, but can I house her (for a while anyway) in my 12 gallon nano cube? I understand she may excavate and move corals and rock work. I'm willing to take that chance.
But will she destroy/eat any of the corals? I have frags or small specimens of:
Galaxea
Torch coral
Frogspawn
yellow polyps
brown polyps
orange polyps
cabbage leather
toadstool leather
mushrooms
small rose BTA
tiny BTA clone
Also have some macro, don't care about it too much
Can/will any of these harm HER?
The tank is very healthy. It is an unmodified nano cube, with 24-watt reef lighting. I left the bio-media and foam in the back, may remove it.
As the corals grow, they will be moved to larger accomodations. There is about 15 lbs live rock forming a lot of hollows and caves. Shallow sand bed.
Ultimately I want to move the BTAs to a dedicated tank (44 gallon), and get a 24 gallon nano for the polyps, other corals (and maybe the mantis shrimp).
I have other and bigger tanks I can house her in (or move her to once she grows).
The nano is on my desk at work, and I love to look at it. I love to look at the mantis too.
Is it crazy to want to try this?
Lisa
