Mantis safe algae eater

[int19]

Hello,

I've got a nano with some corals and a mantis shrimp, and I'm wondering if there are any sort of algae eaters and/or detriovores that the mantis won't want to eat which I can stick in my tank. I saw a tiny asterina wega on the rocks, but I think they only eat cyano...

Thanks,
Richard

 

[opihi]

i have 2 turbos in my tank that have survived for the last month. i believe their key to survival is being bigger than my mantis. (he's a N Wennerae, btw)

also have a handful of blue legged hermits. they are slowly being picked off :strooper:

 

[int19]

Well, since he's about 3-4" long, I don't think that's an option...

 

[Absint Reefer]

longspine urchin

 

[ReneX]

Asterina starfish.

 

[D-Trick]

I have a couple of Asterian Starfish in one of my mantis tanks and Tyson has not bothered them yet.

 

[Ruu]

I have dozens and dozens of cap snails living with a mantis. I think their lack of any really obvious shell means they get ignored. Great grazers too.

Dave

 

[ReneX]

That too. I had some with my mantis, forgot I had them, never saw them, and figured they'd been eaten. Apparently not, since after the mantis was gone and I checked at night, I have a ton. Possibly their camoflague and inactivity during daylight gets them out of being eaten, who knows.

 

[int19]

Cap snails? Stomatella? I wish I had a local source for them...

 

[bladze]

LOLz you guys name your mantis?

 

[D-Trick]

LOLz you guys name your mantis?

Its a pet, what is wrong with naming it?

 

[Ruu]

Well how else is he going to come when I call him?

Dave