Triplemom's 14 Biocube mantis tank! What???

hey do any of you know if mantis shrimp are reef safe or not. I think they might according to your tank but i don't want to jump to conclusions.

 

I know for a fact that one of our LFS's has 4 different mantis shrimp scattered in their reef display tanks. I've personally seen one of them.

Generally, the only thing that makes a mantis not reef safe is that if they are big enough, and don't like the way your rocks look, they'll reaquascape for you. Which could result in corals getting barried or knocked around. Out smaller mantis shrimp has never even attempted to move a rock or a coral, and our adult G. Smithii has kicked up sand onto our brain coral numerous times, but it does no real harm.

Once a mantis gets its den built and established, it should leave all other corals and rocks well enough alone. So yes, most, if not all mantis are reef safe, just watch out for Peacock mantis (the really big ones) because they WILL reaquascape for you.

 

lol at least your guys kill my Freds the laziest thing ive ever seen .. he tools around and moves rocks but refuses to kill anything .. i feed him clams these days after i soak them in selcon he loves them >,<

he likes to swim around and then land on his back and lay there i think he may be a canidate for the special olympics lol total clown that he is

 

Haha Bo has had a snail in his tank since day one, and yet he's killed 2 out of his 3 chromis without even harming the snail. He's recently discovered the return outlet in our biocube...he perched up there a few times before diving back into the rocks. And he's been eyeing the last chromis for quite a while now...ugh. They are such weird creatures

 

they really are too smart for thier own good , i swear he does the things he does just to mess with me , i got the macro algae from reefcleaners today and he thinks hes a gardener now he goes from pencil cap to pencil cap pruning them lol

 

These pics are SO much better than JWIN mantis pics. And the set-up as well. And the mantis too. Wow. Speechless. Man, I would hate to be JWIN. To just be blatantly shown up like this would have to be extremely embarrassing. I wonder how one would even cope...

 

New Bo pictures. He's getting braver, but he doesn't much like the camera. He's also FAST.

 

Very pretty mantis!

 

Very nice. Makes me want one.