Question on Peacock mantis

[JmLee]

are peacock mantis shrimp generally pretty agressive?.

 

[Uriel]

Funny question...both of mine are brutal when I introduce prey: Fiddlers, other crabs,ghost shrimp.
However, I have introduced a damselfish with each (Domino with one, yellow damsel with te other).
Both fish are alive, well (Occasionally nervous), and the yellow even hangs out in the burrow with the mantis. The mantis don't even make threat displays unless they are going to molt, then they ward off the fish for a few days to make sure that they won't be messed with during the molt.
These are 4.5 and 5" peacocks respectively, and the tanksare smaller , 12 gallon Eclipse (Moving them to their own 30's soon folks, never fear). I do feed regulary, however, and it might be a different story if I went a week without offering food.

My ternatensis is my most aggressive, with one of my chiraga and my viridis both close behind.


Hope that helps.


-Ron

 

[JmLee]

nice. In the future i am thinking about starting a Mantis tank perferrably a peacock and i kinda wanted a agressive mantis so when live feeding time comes i can sit back and watch the show ( kinda demented i guess? ) lol well thanks.

 

[Uriel]

They are very aggressive towards the food, but they also seem to beone of the species that some folks have had success with, when adding a fish as a roomate.


-Ron

 

[JmLee]

even better to hear.

 

[Swanwillow]

I did a study on mine for behavior for college: I posted the results here... search this forum under the name lilswanwillow, probably in 2003.

dug it out for ya: its just a short overview

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=164389