putting female peacock with male, worth the risk?

[sabazerehi]

the lfs where i got my peacock mantis also has a female, my male is about 5-6in and the female is about 3. my male is in a 24g nano cube and he seems to be pretty tame as far as mantis' go which is why i'm kind of considering this. i'm dying to put the two together but i have a feeling what the outcome will be. mostly i want to make sure my male will be ok. has anyone had success with pairing mantis shrimps?

 

[Feclar]

Not suggested

Per others on this thread... they may survive together for a few days, weeks?, months? but in the end one will be killed and both may die from the battle.

On top of that the 5-6" peacock is probably a little cramped now in a 24g, most say a 30g+ tank for a mid to large O.S

p.s. no one has been able to raise the offspring in a tank

 

[Pea-brain]

Listen to him-they will kill each other. They will mate as soon as the female is added most likely, hang out together for a week at most and then the female will get really angry. Then one mantis will die. Also, no odontodactylid larvae has EVER been raised in captivity, and your looking at an estimated 6 month planktonic state.

Dan

 

[rlf_racing]

Pea-Brain hasn't Dr.Roy had success in raising mantis young. The only reason I ask this is that is my goal to do that in about a years time. I don't mean to interupt this thread. I was just curious.

 

[Pea-brain]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11704846#post11704846 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rlf_racing
Pea-Brain hasn't Dr.Roy had success in raising mantis young. The only reason I ask this is that is my goal to do that in about a years time. I don't mean to interupt this thread. I was just curious.

He has had sucess with G. chiragra in the past (he got 1 out of the planktonic) and another pair of scientists was able to successfully raise N. wennerae out of the planktonic. Someone else got N. bredini out of the planktonic also.

I think there may be some limited success with raising some lysiosquillids for the asian food market, but I think they catch the plankton when they are almost mature enough to leave the planktonic.

But Odontodactylids take much longer to settle. Besides that you have the issues with feeding (they are pretty picky. It's hard to get them to eat anything but eachother) canabalism, and bacterial infections. Gonodactylids are easier to raise with about 1 month in the planktonic on average (I believe) but are still incredibly hard. Not saying don't try it, but don't expect a huge success.

Dan

 

[rlf_racing]

Thanks for the input.

 

[sabazerehi]

thanks i knew babies weren't going to happen i was just curious to see if they would get along and if anybody's had any experience with it.