waterfaller1
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Will a small toby puffer kill a mantis shrimp?
Puffer VS. Mantis
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I'm not sure about the size of the puffer fish in question, but a confrontation could go either way.
If you are actually of a mind to keep the puffer alive, and the mantis, they should NOT be housed together.
Even if the mantis didn't kill the puffer, he could maim it with a strike or 5...
I watched one of my mantis smash tentacles off of an anemone that I added two days ago...I have since moved the anemone to another tank, but that poor thing...Watching Mantis smash apart rocks should/would keep you from adding a fish that you cared about (not to mention the $$$ involved).
Hope that my comments may have helped.
-Ron
If you are actually of a mind to keep the puffer alive, and the mantis, they should NOT be housed together.
Even if the mantis didn't kill the puffer, he could maim it with a strike or 5...
I watched one of my mantis smash tentacles off of an anemone that I added two days ago...I have since moved the anemone to another tank, but that poor thing...Watching Mantis smash apart rocks should/would keep you from adding a fish that you cared about (not to mention the $$$ involved).
Hope that my comments may have helped.
-Ron
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waterfaller1
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I have no clue..I only hear him.
StrongHandsMcGee
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If you hear him that more than likely means a smasher.waterfaller1 said:
graff71884
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could be a pistol you hear as well, not necessarily a mantis.
saltymight
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A mantis vs a puffer is like a mongoos vs a snake. sometimes the puffer wins sometimes the mantis wins.
