Mantis shrimp

[mudduck0721]

Can you put anything with a peacock mantis shrimp want to put something with it

 

[Oscaror]

You can. But it will die.
Give this a read, it's pretty cool:
Why the mantis shrimp is my new favorite animal - The Oatmeal

 

[mudduck0721]

I have one and its awesome wanted to put like an eel

 

[Oscaror]

Remember, it's a shrimp. It is true that it can defend it's self against the hungry eel if it attacks, but you don't want to bring the poor eel any harm.

 

[mudduck0721]

That was is awesome

 

[mudduck0721]

I don't. I put a green chromis in with it when I first got it gone the next morning

 

[Oscaror]

Yeah that tends to happen to everything that goes with a mantis shrimp

 

[ritter6788]

I kept damsels, feather dusters, urchins, LARGE snails with mine. Anything is at risk with a mantis though.

 

[mudduck0721]

Might try a few low end $ see if anything works

 

[maxxin69]

I somehow managed to keep a Coral Beauty and Damsel. Anything else that entered the tank however was never seen again. Nothing is safe however.

 

[Chef.ryan]

I kept a clarkii for a longtime with mine. It murdered anything else. Including a butterfly. And a Niger trigger.

 

[mudduck0721]

A clown really I guess I'll just have to try some things thank you guys

 

[sweat044]

What size tank would you recommend? Any corals safe?

 

[mudduck0721]

He is not coral safe I have mine in a 20g

 

[Chpaige]

Putting corals in with a mantis is like putting live rock in with a dog face puffer, don't be surprised when it's reduced to rubble

 

[iretthepirate]

Never owned a peacock only purple spotted mantis shrimps and they never bothered my fish but I do hear peacock will kill them. U might want to try your luck with just some cheap fish first like damsels and keep your mantis well fed. I wonder if it would leave a large lionfish alone ...