Mantis shrimp

[bnortin97]

what kind of fish eats mantis shrimp and are reef safe?

 

[robpsca]

i hear the mantis shrimp eat the fish not the fish eat the shrimp

 

[promisetbg]

It would probably have to be some sort of wrasse or hawkfish..and then he would only eat a small one if at all.
My bluespot puffer killed the one that plagued my refugium,as I kept him in there for a few weeks when I first got him.

 

[aw2]

Triggers and Puffers, for startes. Any fish that eats inverts will eat Mantis Shrimp.
I had a 2" Humu Trigger take out a 6" female Peacock Mantis, one time.

 

[promisetbg]

And there you have it...wow, did you get to see it happen AW2?

 

[sw65galma]

Originally Posted by AW2
Triggers and Puffers, for startes. Any fish that eats inverts will eat Mantis Shrimp.
I had a 2" Humu Trigger take out a 6" female Peacock Mantis, one time.

You meant 2'? I can't see a 2" trigger taking out a 6" Mantis unless it was asleep.
One hit from the mantis and a 2" trigger would be dead on contact...

 

[sw65galma]

Originally Posted by BNortin97
what kind of fish eats mantis shrimp and are reef safe?
None...anything that will eat a mantis is NOT Reef Safe...
Anything that will eat a mantis has to be substantialy larger than the mantis..Depending on what type of mantis it is...