Mantis with Starfish?

[amcarrig]

I'm getting ready to try another small mantis (last one died during molting) and was wondering if a mantis and a serpent star can be kept in a small tank together. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

 

[Docbones]

Dunno about a serpant star but my peacock lives with a small Chocolate Chip star

 

[Timmy]

I have some different starfishes in my mantis tanks and there is no problem. My mantis ignore the starfishes.
But i don't know what happend if there is a serpent star, because they move faster.

 

[olivia640]

My mantis likes to chop up the sea stars that live in his tank, but he doesn't seem to eat them. So now I have about 10 sea stars (I started out with one), all of whom are missing arms.

 

[Fuegofish777]

I used to keep a choc. chip star with my old peacock, every week or so it would get too close to his den and he was hit it away, or get bored and smack it a few times...but he never did any major damage. i think a small-medium serpent star would be ok. i would stay away from the fuzzy ones though, i think they call them brittle stars.

 

[Uriel]

My G. platysoma lives with a purple serpent star, and he never bothers it. In fact, he carries his leftovers to where it usually hangs out and gives them to it. I guess he's figured out that it makes a great garbage disposal.


-Ron

 

[amcarrig]

:thumbsup: Great info folks. The mantis will most likely be n. wennerae so I don't expect it to be as active or out and about as a peacock. Thanks everyone!

 

[rwhhunt]

I have a 6 inch female peacock that is very sweet. She lives with a HUGE 16" Bubble tip Brittle star (who resides practically in her burrow) and a 4" chocolate chip star, and 4" Allardi clown. I have witnessed no aggresion towards either star. In fact, like Uriel has stated, it seems that the peacock treats the brittle as a garbage disposal, and doesnt mind it touching her.... She has lived with a red knob star in the past, but have lost two of those to water related conditions....

 

[rudyistaken]

I read this thread and so added a banded bristle star to my ciliata tank. There is a ton of legs around but no signs of the star. Not a good idea to add them to a spearer tank.

 

[sandlot13]

hahahaha, thats the funniest comment ive read in while......... sucks about the brittle though