shogun323
Active Member
Originally Posted by wanabebell
actually glass tanks are fine with the big ones too
i have a peacock in a 29 gallon with no problems
what you have to do for the glass tanks is put plexiglass on the bottom, for good measure i put it two and a half inches on the side of the tank too
the reason why mantis' usually break glass tanks are because they are burrowing creatures, In the wild they break rock to make deeper burrows
well in a tank, after digging in the sand they hit the bottom of the tank, naturally they think its rock so they give it a wack and then you have water pouring out everywhere, ive seen my mantis wack the bottom and now problem,
the only problem here is people that harass my mantis, he flies out and has almost tried hitting the front of the tank,
but i promptly told my friends to quit, which they did, and everything was fine
IMO, just because you haven't had any problems in your experience with your glass tank does not mean it is good advise. It simply means you havent had any problems. My five inch Peacock will often and randomly walk up and smack the side of his tank. If I had glass, I would be in trouble. There is a user that doesnt post as often called "the JOP" who has a chip in his tank from his Mantis taking a whack at it.
"Stomatopods can indeed break glass. I have had animals break out of a variety of glass aquaria and keep big animals in Plexiglas. They also can cause physical damage. I was contacted by a surgeon from South Africa who tried to grab a large O. scyllarus and ended up losing a finger that was mangled, became infected, and had to be amputated. I have personally had more than my share of blood-lettings from animals as small as 3 cm."
~Dr. Roy Caldwell
actually glass tanks are fine with the big ones too
i have a peacock in a 29 gallon with no problems
what you have to do for the glass tanks is put plexiglass on the bottom, for good measure i put it two and a half inches on the side of the tank too
the reason why mantis' usually break glass tanks are because they are burrowing creatures, In the wild they break rock to make deeper burrows
well in a tank, after digging in the sand they hit the bottom of the tank, naturally they think its rock so they give it a wack and then you have water pouring out everywhere, ive seen my mantis wack the bottom and now problem,
the only problem here is people that harass my mantis, he flies out and has almost tried hitting the front of the tank,
but i promptly told my friends to quit, which they did, and everything was fine
IMO, just because you haven't had any problems in your experience with your glass tank does not mean it is good advise. It simply means you havent had any problems. My five inch Peacock will often and randomly walk up and smack the side of his tank. If I had glass, I would be in trouble. There is a user that doesnt post as often called "the JOP" who has a chip in his tank from his Mantis taking a whack at it.
"Stomatopods can indeed break glass. I have had animals break out of a variety of glass aquaria and keep big animals in Plexiglas. They also can cause physical damage. I was contacted by a surgeon from South Africa who tried to grab a large O. scyllarus and ended up losing a finger that was mangled, became infected, and had to be amputated. I have personally had more than my share of blood-lettings from animals as small as 3 cm."
~Dr. Roy Caldwell
