Set up my five gallon eclispe...

[Toadfish]

Over the weekend...The inhabitant...The hated mantis shrimp. This guy is cool though. As long as they aren't int he reef tank they are fun to watch. He's a Peacock Mantis, got it from the LFS for some frags...

[Ray1214]

Hey toad,

Can a mantis theoritically bang into a glass tank and crack it? I had thought to buy the one at FS&M some time ago when they had one but I was worried that it would crack a small thin glass tank as well and the last time I was near a mantis, I had two stiches put in my thumb and another tetnus shot. (The first one was a clubber, and the second one was a spearer)

Ray

[reiple]

maybe a plastic tank/arcylic would do ok with a mantis?

[Ray1214]

Maybe, I am thinking of getting a small tank for one. I am on a project this weekend to move my 3 gal eclipse tank into a 5 gal eclipse tank. (Actually not an eclipse but I am rigging my old hood to work.

Ray

[EdgeKrusher]

I've heard that they can destory glass tanks with their claws. But they can't hurt accrylic. This is just what I've heard.

[ckreef]

I had one of those monster Peacock Mantis Shrimp with a tail less Lion fish in a 20 gallon tank for a long time. No worries.

Used to feed then little feeder goldfish. The lionfish was a bit more aggressive so sometimes the Lion got 2 and the shrimp went hungry.

Before anybody asks --- The Lion fish lost it's tail due to a bacteria infection at the LFS. It healed but never grew the tail back. After seeing it in the store for many months I felt sorry for it and decided he could be the Mantis' friend.

[Cookie_Monster]

LOL....

[Toadfish]

Cookie...where you from in Kentucky?

[Cookie_Monster]

Louisville, but Im living in lexington currently.

[reiple]

EdgeKrusher

It does make sense. Plastic tanks may carry the impact a mantis might make. Glass will break easily. Unless the plastic tank is too thin or the glass tank is too thick.