fish in a mantis shrimp tank??

romsoccer12 · 04/02/2010, 02:56 PM

im looking for any fish i could keep in a 10 gallon that are fast and dont sleep in the rock.
any suggestions?
small fish, im looking to get 2 or 3

ser_renely · 04/02/2010, 02:58 PM

how big a mantis? type? if you spot feed it all the time it can easily be done. Pincer ones might not be an option.

RobbyVonAwesome · 04/02/2010, 03:14 PM

Any fish you put in a tank with a mantis are going to be food, especially in a 10 gallon. If you had a 3 or 4 foot long tank, maybe... maybe.

Bottom line, the mantis is interesting enough to keep in a tank on its own, and should be kept that way.

BTW, what species of mantis do you have? Most, including peacock mantises will outgrow that size tank.

MayoBoy · 04/02/2010, 04:48 PM

What kind of mantis?

04/02/2010, 02:56 PM	#1
romsoccer12 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: ohio Posts: 2,625	fish in a mantis shrimp tank?? im looking for any fish i could keep in a 10 gallon that are fast and dont sleep in the rock. any suggestions? small fish, im looking to get 2 or 3 __________________ Colin R Current Tank Info: 3rd tank working fine!(29gal oceanic biocube) 5-6months old

04/02/2010, 02:58 PM	#2
ser_renely Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,820	how big a mantis? type? if you spot feed it all the time it can easily be done. Pincer ones might not be an option. __________________ RIP: Osc. Clown - Ammonia, YW GobY - overflow, YW Goby - Pistol shrimp, Firefish - acclimation. 5 Fire fish - pistol shrimp, Mandarin - Pistol shrimp!!!!! Current Tank Info: 60g Cube, 15g sump/fuge,Tunze 9010 skimmer, Reefbreeders Photon 16" - 2 Osc. Clowns,2 Lyretail Anthias, Blue Chromis, mp20, mp10....another DAMN pistol shrimp!

04/02/2010, 04:48 PM	#4
MayoBoy Movin' on Up Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Webster Groves, MO Posts: 2,282	What kind of mantis? __________________ Getting sucked back in slowly but surely. Current Tank Info: 27 gallon freshwater planted cube. Amazonian biotope

04/02/2010, 03:14 PM	#3
RobbyVonAwesome Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 394	Any fish you put in a tank with a mantis are going to be food, especially in a 10 gallon. If you had a 3 or 4 foot long tank, maybe... maybe. Bottom line, the mantis is interesting enough to keep in a tank on its own, and should be kept that way. BTW, what species of mantis do you have? Most, including peacock mantises will outgrow that size tank.