Mantis Shrimp

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ok, ive checked al over google and stuff for info and i just want to know your opinions about it, if its bad or good to keep it in a aquarium(if you know anything about it :D )
 
Hi Mantis shrimps are salt water, you need to speak to the people in the marine forum (the saltwater inverts section). They should be able to help. as far as I know there isn't a freshwater mantis shrimp.
 
Moray is correct. There is no freshwater mantis shrimp and you will get alot more replies if you posted in the saltwater invertebrates section.

Unfortunately, you aren't going to get a definitive answer as to whether or not they should be kept in a reef or with other fish, etc. There is alot of opinions out there in regards to them and how they should be housed. The best advice would probably be to have a spare tank on standby and if you start to see fish go missing then transfer it to it's own tank. Due to the fact that these guys are capable of smashing glass however, I would personally just stick with keeping them species only in a tank I'm not going to miss.

Other than that, the only thing I can think to add is if you are going to obtain one then don't join the multitude of bad stomopod owners out there who decide to flush them down the toilet or dispose of them in any number of other cruel ways because they get sick of them killing fish/smashing tanks/etc or grow bored with them (I don't know how they could grow bored with them as they are facinating little critters). They have evolved in a specialised manner and thus they deserve specialised care and the same respect as every other living thing kept in a tank regardless of the stigmas attached to them, they cannot help what they are/do.
 
Generally, you should expect to start losing fish if you leave the mantis shrimp in the tank. Ther are websites dedicated to the ownership of these inverts, but I would not want to keep it with anything I would be sad to lose.
 
I've got a thread in the forum about my planned mantis nano, take a look in the nano section to see all about it.

Personally I'd love to have one of these, Im planning my salty tank still before I get one though.
 
What is the generally considered minimum tank size for a single mantis shrimp? We have one at work and It's a funny little critter!

Ben
 

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