mantis question

[funtimez0314]

is there a smaller mantis that i would b able to keep in the same tank as a smaller gobie without the mantis killing it.

 

[Pea-brain]

Sorry, no guarantees in the mantis world. A haptosquillid would most likely leave it alone, but they are pretty boring activity wise. N. wennerae might also be fine, but they are more active, hence more likely to kill it. Smaller mantises are commonly kept successfully with water column dwellers like chromis....

Dan

 

[gholland]

My Haptosquilla glyptocercus is in an 8 gallon with a goby... but Pea-brain is correct in that she just sits in her hole staring out at the world all day (and night)... unless a pod walks by and then she will dart out and back in.