Mantis shrimp... does it really break glass??

sc0rp_xiii

sc0rp_xiii

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how many here have actually seen or heard first hand a story of a mantis breaking the glass on a tank? seems all the posts/info I see is someone who has heard a story from this person who heard it from this person along time ago about a killer mantis.. and so on. just curious
 
lion_crazz

lion_crazz

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I have also seen them break glass. Luckily, not my own. It was a guy I used to work with. He had it in a 5 gallon tank and the mantis cracked the tank.
 
shogun323

shogun323

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I have a 5 inch Peacock Mantis in a 3/8 thick Acrylic Tank. From time to time he will walk up and take a few whacks at the side of the tank. It seems to be his way of telling me he is hungry. I have no doubts he could break glass.
 
the j.o.p.

the j.o.p.

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i've had mine take a super tiny nick out of a glass 15 agl. but they have to be full grown really big to break glass i've heard. my peacock is about 6-6 1/2inches almost full grown so i'm moving her to a more roomy( and thicker glass) 55gal.
 
rara12

rara12

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i was curious to see if they could break glass too so when i was in the florida keys i got me a large one (6 1/2") and put it in a empty snapple bottle with some ocean water. Sure enough after about a half hour it smashed a good crack and five minutes later was walking on the table, next to the bottle. I was amazed.
 
stanlalee

stanlalee

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Originally Posted by Shrimpi
the box comes up but the vid wont play? anyone else have this problem?
takes a little while to load but it works
 
scsinet

scsinet

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I've never seen it myself, but I've never heard of it happening in anything but the smaller tanks with really thin glass, but of course since a Mantis is usually in a species tank, you don't want them in their own 180gal...
 
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