mantis shrimp

[ithori]

has anybody ever kept a mantis shrimp? What do I need before even begin to think about getting one? Are there any fish that can be kept with a mantis shrimp small like a damsel or big like a clown trigger? And are they really the pest many make them out to be?
Thanks

 

[dischirm]

A clown trigger just may eat the mantis and the clown/damsel just may get eaten by the mantis.
I (personally) would put a few damsels in there just for looks and for the mantis to have someething to hunt.
They are interesting, just not in your display tank.

 

[scopus tang]

IF you have one of the colored ones, they can be pretty cool. I kept a olive green one for a year just for fun; didn't have any issues with it, but I set it up in its own tank all by itself.

 

[ithori]

What about glass vs acryllic and the thickness required to keep a adult mantis shrimp?

 

[ithori]

just something to add on, i happen to have a oceanic biocube 29 gallon running with corals and i was wondering would it be possible to keep a mantis shrimp untill it is full grown in there if i put plexi glass on the bottom and then sand and rocks on top? thanks

 

[spiderwoman]

sexyshrimp101 and Shogun have one and Crash is about to have one. You may want to do a search here for "mantis diary" and you'll get to see an awesome thread on sexyshrimp101's mantis(s).