Peacock Mantis & Anemone

[gussy]

I have heard that corals are okay with the Peacock Mantis, but how about BTA or LTA? If BTA or LTA are okay...could I not then add a small Clown fish as they will have the anemone to hide?

 

[pisces77]

I would say that the clown is more of a risk, but two of my mantises live with anemones and don't pay any attention to them.

 

[Absint Reefer]

could I keep an anemone with a peacock in a 12gl nano

 

[brownisbetter]

I bought a rose and hosting clown together and put in my 2.5 with my mantis. The clown lasted about 14 hours, the rose is still doing fine.

 

[Absint Reefer]

I'm worried about the mantis hurting itself

 

[pisces77]

I'd say you could keep the (the peacock and the RBTA) in a 30g but the 12g doesn't leave much elbowroom.

 

[Absint Reefer]

that's what I was afraid of thanks

 

[M.Maddox]

Rose's get BIG (12" plus across) and they grow FAST (mine grew 1" a month!) so it's going to quickly outgrow a cube. I don't know why ppl think BTAs are good for nano reefs...anemones aren't good in reefs period! Completely unnatural to mix mobile cnidarians with sessiles...

 

[Uriel]

I just picked up 2 pink tipped anemones from the LFS (freebies, as they were in the 'liverock' section, along with the 5 lettuce nudis that the LFS let me keep as well.


I put one in with my G. Platysoma, who is in a molt, and will discover the BTA upon his coming out.

I also put one in with my female G. Ternatensis...who attacked it fiercely.


:|

(a) whenattacked, do they release any sort of toxin, or when wounded, for that matter.

(b) Are they a danger to my mantis?
From the looks of things, the mantis has the upper hand...er, dactyl.


I have moved that second one to a little kritter -keeper with a hig flow filter, which it seems to like.