Mantis Tank
 

My fiance wants to get her own tank going and really wants a Peacock Mantis. She keeps bugging me to ask what size tank she would need and how to set it up since I don't know much about these shrimp other than the obvious.

So I guess to start, what size tank would one need? And...should it be acrylic?

She wants to know if she can keep Seahorses with the "cute little Shrimp".

*Sigh* This is going to be fun :neutral:

:lol:... I had a chuckle at that... other than that, I'm of no help when it comes to shrimp..

Have you shown her videos of mantis shrimp on youtube? I don't associate predators that are ferocious killing machines with cute :lol:

Me too :lol:...shes doesn't know anything about this stuff but likes Mantis Shrimp and Seahorses.

Just did. She says they are just misunderstood. Oh and that maybe the Seahorses would be a bad idea :wink:


But apparently they are still cute :neutral:

Actually I remember reading that acrylic is better because the larger specimens can actually break through the glass (whaaaaa?!) I saw somewhere (I'll try to find the link) of a peacock mantis being kept in an Eclipse 6 or the equivalent thereof.

Yeah thats what I have heard. I think I will go acrylic.

I was thinking a 20G would be good?

I'd imagine. Larger ones are 18cms ish if I remember...and not an overly active critter...20 long would be better than a standard I'd think..

Ya...I may even just build a custom tank for one based on what would be ideal. But for now I am trying to convince her we don't need a second tank. She seems to really want this stupid shrimp though. Maybe its just a phase.

I would imagine a shallow tank with a big footprint would be nice for one.

The ones they have at J&L are quite large already.

Just let her know that if she gets a tank for the shrimp...it's only fair that you get something fancy for the 200 gallon...