Mantis shrimp

[Guynamedfish]

So I was thinking of getting a 40 gallon and putting dividers and putting a peacock mantis shrimp and a wart frog fish or something like that could I do that

 

[Tankkeepers]

So I was thinking of getting a 40 gallon and putting dividers and putting a peacock mantis shrimp and a wart frog fish or something like that could I do that

You would want the whole 40 for the mantis they get pretty big

I used to have one

Also glass is not a good idea the baser type will break glass

I used to have one came as a hitchhiker kept it for 5 years in its own acrylic box

They are really smart and have one of the best eye sights on record

they can be trained i did mine

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D0tYA1PYKLHo&ved=2ahUKEwjSs9qakqH3AhVaZM0KHQEiCxwQwqsBegQIBBAF&usg=AOvVaw3e23HkBm7lxiKSD-7kLod1

This shows how hard they hit

I has a 5 inch black one break a 20l glass tank took a month of him trying to carve out the glass as part of his cave broke the back wall right out

 

[Tankkeepers]

Good luck they are really cool

 

[Guynamedfish]

You would want the whole 40 for the mantis they get pretty big

I used to have one

Also glass is not a good idea the baser type will break glass

I used to have one came as a hitchhiker kept it for 5 years in its own acrylic box

They are really smart and have one of the best eye sights on record

they can be trained i did mine

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D0tYA1PYKLHo&ved=2ahUKEwjSs9qakqH3AhVaZM0KHQEiCxwQwqsBegQIBBAF&usg=AOvVaw3e23HkBm7lxiKSD-7kLod1

This shows how hard they hit

I has a 5 inch black one break a 20l glass tank took a month of him trying to carve out the glass as part of his cave broke the back wall right out

What if I get a 20 long for it or does it absolutely need a 40

 

[Guynamedfish]

What if I get a 20 long for it or does it absolutely need a 40

Also what about the frog fish could I get that in a 20

 

[Tankkeepers]

What if I get a 20 long for it or does it absolutely need a 40

I had a all black 5 inch basher type never fully identified as a hitchhiker I moved to a 20 l it lived for 5 years there before kid killed tank it did break the backwall of the glass 1 time was just over 5 inches at the time about a year in replaced with acrylic and was fine was about 7 inches when it died

They need really good water parameters

A dark place and I would recommend either no light other then ambient room light or one not powerfull enoff to grow aglgie

Like the cheap leds that come on tetra tank for example still some light to bring out color but not enoff to really do much

 

[Tankkeepers]

Also what about the frog fish could I get that in a 20

Do not house anything other then the mantis in the same tank

 

[Tankkeepers]

I named the mantis I had death cuz when I found him it was killing everything in the tank it could

I just didn't have the heart to kill it I'm a sucker

 

[SlugSnorter]

So I was thinking of getting a 40 gallon and putting dividers and putting a peacock mantis shrimp and a wart frog fish or something like that could I do that

wouldn't be great. Mantis should be in a species only tank, and frogfish have a few unique care requirements

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

You could fit one Wartskin Angler or Marble Mouth Angler (very rarely available in the hobby) frogfish in a twenty, but only one.

A Peacock mantis should really be housed singly in more like a 30 gallon tank for long term care from what I've read. Also, while they can be housed in glass - as was mentioned above - they should probably be housed in an acrylic tank just to be safe.

That said, if you really wanted to put both in the same large tank with a divider splitting the tank into two separate sections (acting as two separate tanks with one tank for the mantis and the other for the angler) that should be fine.

 

[SlugSnorter]

You could fit one Wartskin Angler or Marble Mouth Angler (very rarely available in the hobby) frogfish in a twenty, but only one.

A Peacock mantis should really be housed singly in more like a 30 gallon tank for long term care from what I've read. Also, while they can be housed in glass - as was mentioned above - they should probably be housed in an acrylic tank just to be safe.

That said, if you really wanted to put both in the same large tank with a divider splitting the tank into two separate sections (acting as two separate tanks with one tank for the mantis and the other for the angler) that should be fine.

Given the needs of both, personally I think it would be better just to have two different tanks.