Jared Cooper
New member
The event:
I purchased a tomato clownfish recently. I introduced him right away, with the lights on. He got picked on a little too much so I decided to put him in my refugium where my mantis lives. My mantis is pretty small, 3", so I thought he would leave the tomato clown who was about his size alone. Well, I was wrong.
The outcome:
I decided to watch the fish for a while to make sure nothing happend, even though I figured if something did I couldn't do anything anyway. Well the mantis attacked the clown.
The outcome:
A draw. The tomato got away and I got in there quick to get him out.
I turned off the lights in my main tank and put it in and everyone left him alone, now he is happy and fat.
By the way I know this sounds cruel but I really didn't think the mantis would attack the fish. I put a goldfish in before of a smaller size and the mantis left the fish alone.
I purchased a tomato clownfish recently. I introduced him right away, with the lights on. He got picked on a little too much so I decided to put him in my refugium where my mantis lives. My mantis is pretty small, 3", so I thought he would leave the tomato clown who was about his size alone. Well, I was wrong.
The outcome:
I decided to watch the fish for a while to make sure nothing happend, even though I figured if something did I couldn't do anything anyway. Well the mantis attacked the clown.
The outcome:
A draw. The tomato got away and I got in there quick to get him out.
I turned off the lights in my main tank and put it in and everyone left him alone, now he is happy and fat.
By the way I know this sounds cruel but I really didn't think the mantis would attack the fish. I put a goldfish in before of a smaller size and the mantis left the fish alone.