Mantis in refugium??

Discussion in 'General Reef Topics' started by BTB0923, Sep 6, 2009.

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  1. BTB0923

    BTB0923 Flamingo Tongue

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    If you keep a mantis in your fuge will it eat all your copepods?
     
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  2. Aqualung

    Aqualung Stylophora

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    It will eat pretty much anything it can catch.. lol..
     
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  3. 32Boom

    32Boom Coral Banded Shrimp

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    That kind of defeats the purpose of the fuge. The refugium is supposed to be a 'refuge' for organisms that would be eaten in the main tank. I am not in favor of any mobile organism other than non-predatory snails in the fuge, especially a MS.

    If you do that, the refugium just becomes the nocturnal and ugly Siamese twin of your main tank.
     
    32Boom, Sep 7, 2009
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