Mantis shrimp are quite the conversation pieces. If you read enough online you would swear it was going to smash through you tank, hunt you down and eat you...lol. You will notice that most of the stories are stories that people have heard and not experienced first hand, you have to take that with a grain of salt. Mine is a Peacock about 4" long and lives in a 14 Gal Biocube. I did reinforce the bottom with acrylic and I'm glad I did because when it builds its maze of burrows, it smacks the bottom like there is no tomorrow! I have LR with zoos/shrooms growing in there and I stick my hand in to move rock or coral with no problem. It doesn't take long before they know who you are and get comfortable with you. Our mantis watches our every move, it is probably the most intuitive creature I have ever seen. It lives with a six line wrasse and they get along just fine. I would recommend you put lots of LR rubble in with it to keep it occupied. It will spend its day rearranging and stacking the pieces.
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