Mantis Shrimp and BTA - Possible?

[Dancingmad]

Subject says it all. Any experiences out there?

 

[Gareth elliott]

Bta are less deadly than say a carpet or LTA, But might be safer with some flowy lps like a nice colored aussie hammer or torch.
I am not an anemone person so slightly biased opinion here lol.

 

[Dancingmad]

Thanks for the reply @Gareth elliott ! I'm plotting livestock options .

 

[ritter6788]

The BTA won't harm the mantis but if the BTA goes wandering in or near the mantis cave it could get ugly for the BTA.

 

[Dancingmad]

could get ugly for the BTA.

Thats kinda what I figured - do you think it would just kill it or would it eat it too? I bet nems are SPICY.

 

[ritter6788]

Thats kinda what I figured - do you think it would just kill it or would it eat it too? I bet nems are SPICY.

I don’t think it would eat it but smashers tend to smash things that get in their way.

 

[Jlyons]

Old post but I keep a Mantis and a Tube anemone in a small tank and the worst that's ever happened was the mantis hit the anemones tube and then moved away but both are fine and live happily together

 

[Captain_Glass]

I have a bta in my mantis tank and they don’t care about each other at all the most interaction I get from them is if the mantis brushes by the bta and it retracts a little bit and things go back to normal.