The Adventures of Lemon and Rat the Mantis shrimp

[Corbin]

Originally Posted by reefwars

you should get that checked out, what are they telling you?

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by reefwars

"Are you ever going to settle down again?" asks GregZZ4
"How are you going to find a new Misses to love the Reef if you keep shuffling about as you are?" Says the Londoner
"I'm looking for a new wife all over the world", says reefwars, "someone who can't be scanned would be nice, or at least likes tinfoil hats."

[daniella3d]

Really? doesn't that depend if it is a smasher or a spearer? Mine has been living with fish for more than 6 months and never killed anything. It is even with 2 blue legged hermit crab and a cleaner shrimp and did not kill them.

I first had it with a dottyback and once I sold the dottyback the mantis took its cave and now it's been living with 2 clownfish and 1 leopard wrasse for 2 months. It's only 15 gallons and the leopard wrasse is going in my 75 tank soon.

The mantis I have is about 3" and it's a smasher. It bearely come out of its cave.

When I think that the leopard wrasse burry itself in the sand each night, it is amazing that the mantis has not bother it in 2 months, but it does not. I feed the mantis well.

I would not put fish with larger mantis, but I guess it also depend on the specie.

BTW, silly comment as I ALWAYS had cats and dogs living together in perfect harmony, still do.

Originally Posted by RuGlu6

I think you might have more laughs if you post it on face book or twitter.
Everyone on this forum knows that mantis will kill and eat the clown.

If you really would want to help this fish you wouldn’t keep these two together.
This is irresponsible, higher species with evolved consciences do not behave like that.
Would you keep a cat and a mouse in one enclosure? Or dog and a cat?

[Proteus]

Hey for once it's not Marko being crucified.

You know what I think. " what ever". Maybe all those people with nems should take all the fish out of there tanks to. Lol

[FitoPharmer]

Originally Posted by RuGlu6

I think you might have more laughs if you post it on face book or twitter.
Everyone on this forum knows that mantis will kill and eat the clown.

If you really would want to help this fish you wouldn’t keep these two together.
This is irresponsible, higher species with evolved consciences do not behave like that.
Would you keep a cat and a mouse in one enclosure? Or dog and a cat?

1:Cat & bird
Irresponsible?.... Maybe. Cute? .... Absolutely!

2: Is creating a bristle worm or aiptasia holocaust another thing higher consciences do not do?

[PFoster]

I have kept mantis shrimp for several years. This mantis looks very similar to the one I had on my kitchen counter for a couple years. They stay small in size, are rather drab in color (compared to other mantis) and honestly are not very aggressive at all..... well not towards fish.

I added a tomato clownfish to my mantis tank as I just couldnt find anyone to take the thing for free..... ended up having to take the tank apart to get the clown out!

The peacock mantis shrimp will not be docile forever though. Once he gets bigger I would be very surprised if he doesnt kill the clown... or the other mantis shrimp for that matter.