Thinking.. mantis in a reef..

[Spudstr]

Alright so i was thinking.. i want to take my 20G tank in my office and put fish in it in my new office.. and so either I"d either a have to give jake away (my 5" peacock) or move him home to my 75G reef..

my reef includes..

zoo's
colt coral
2x bta
a large sponge
star polyps
sun polpys

Theres an army of snails and hermet crabs that would soon become lunch for jake.. the snails that atleast didn't live on the glass.

and some starfish that just romes around on the sand.. and a sea cucumber.

fish mates..
Hippo tang.. small bout the size of a 50 cent peice
valenini puffer - 2"
2-3" volitol lion fish
2-3" maroon clown
3" niger trigger
purple psudachromis

anyone tried this or had success? I think he would/might be a cool addition to the tank.. and i don't think the trigger of puffer would pick on him.


Any thoughts??

 

[Wocka]

dont put a mantis in a tank with fish

 

[waterfaller1]

I read a thread about a mantis that sliced a large yellow tang in half...don't do it!

 

[Parvonety]

My little 2 inch peacock mantis tha I finally saw after getting about 100 lbs. of live KEYS rock ate a beautiful mandrin , (I caught him red clawed sucking on his head!!) & 3 days later got a hold of "scoots" my litle red tailed scooter dragonette. Time to try the old bottle & shrimp trap!!! Facinating little guys but they are voracious nighttime predators!!