Mantis Tank

GreenSpottedPuffer · #1 03-26-2009, 05:15 AM

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?

GreenSpottedPuffer · #2 03-26-2009, 05:27 AM

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

*Sigh* This is going to be fun

JDigital · #3 03-26-2009, 05:47 AM

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

brizzo · #4 03-26-2009, 05:54 AM

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

GreenSpottedPuffer · #5 03-26-2009, 05:58 AM

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Originally Posted by JDigital

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

Me too

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

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Originally Posted by nazerine

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

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

But apparently they are still cute

Rbacchiega · #6 03-26-2009, 06:07 AM

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.

es355lucille · #7 03-26-2009, 06:04 PM

If she is still wanting both seahorses and mantis shrimp, I see a dual build coming! If you do an acrlyic could you make it a bit bigger and have two in one (partitioned .....sharing water/skimmer/mechanical filtration etc)?

just a thought

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Originally Posted by GreenSpottedPuffer

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

*Sigh* This is going to be fun

GreenSpottedPuffer · #8 03-26-2009, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by es355lucille

If she is still wanting both seahorses and mantis shrimp, I see a dual build coming! If you do an acrlyic could you make it a bit bigger and have two in one (partitioned .....sharing water/skimmer/mechanical filtration etc)?

just a thought

Well I could....

Or I can just do what I did and tell her she has to choose one

She chose the shrimp.

sitandwatch · #9 03-26-2009, 06:30 PM

I like the split tank idea, you should give her that option

es355lucille · #10 03-26-2009, 06:53 PM

Come on! let her on the computer and we will help her decide!

LOL, just kidding......you are going to have enough maintenace work by the look of things.

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Originally Posted by GreenSpottedPuffer

Well I could....

Or I can just do what I did and tell her she has to choose one

She chose the shrimp.