Mantis and Anemone/Clowns???

[HookedOnReefing]

Maybe this is a stupid question. But I was wondering if it would be possible to keep 1 mantis in a tank that will house 1 species of anemone and 1 mated pair of clowns.

If so, which species of mantis should I be looking for.

The tank this mantis would be housed in is a 42 gallon hexagon tank.

Thanks

 

[rwhhunt]

I think that would work out very well, assuming you go with a smasher mantis. with a 42 gal, I would go with something like a peacock, ternatensis, smithii, or chiragra species...

 

[HookedOnReefing]

I assume that the pair of clowns need to be adults (so size would be a deterent) and the mantis should small and be added last?

 

[rwhhunt]

I think that would work great

 

[Christsknight]

to be safer i would actually recomend getting the mantis young. This means it will have more of a chance getting used to fish. If the mantis is a adult, and he dont like em, he may give them a good wack...