peacock with frogfish

[Richard101]

Would a peacock mantis be able to be house in the same 75 gallon tank as a frogfish about 4 inches long. there is lots of hiding spaces and caves along with lots of macro algae.

 

[TrappedMetal]

The frogfish would be quite capable of eating a mantis the same size as it.

 

[chameloman72]

I watched my frog fish devour my mantis and after swallowing it I could hear and see the mantis popping in the belly of the frog fish!! The amazing thing was the frog fish even though being popped multiple times never once tried to spit the mantis out!!:eek1:

 

[Wildinside]

I had a frog fish in with my peacock and they got along fine for a couple months (both are well fed.) However, one morning I woke to my mantis beating up on one of the big crabs I catch for him to eat. The crab had the dead frogfish in its claws and the mantis was trying to steal it from him (and succeeded.) Not sure about the cause of death, be it natural, by the peacock, or the crab. Regardless the mantis had frogfish for breakfast. The frogfish was about 3 inches and the mantis around 4.5

 

[justinl]

bad idea. There's been cases where a lionfish will eat a mantis and the mantis will kill the lion from the inside. A similar event will likely occur with a frogfish. or the mantis will just kill the frog who knows? not something i would try at any rate. fish that survive longest in mantis tanks are generally fast swimmers that stay in the water column. a bit of inherrent aggressiveness, as in damsels, does good too.