PSA: Don't keep shrimp in your aquarium

[EngenZerO]

nice

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: trmiv
A mantis cracking a tank is pretty rare. I know a lot of people who keep them, and not one has had them bust the glass. They could in a tank with thin glass though. Mantis shrimp are awesome animals. Very intelligent, and very interesting. I keep reefs, and they often come as hitchhikers in the live rock we buy. I've been wanting to setup a mantis tank, but my wife is grossed out by them.

yeah, but they are so cool. I've got a few small ones that love to eat anything that may swim by them. They're small though.

Just make sure to feed them by hand, they like it.
:evil:

 

[trmiv]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: trmiv
A mantis cracking a tank is pretty rare. I know a lot of people who keep them, and not one has had them bust the glass. They could in a tank with thin glass though. Mantis shrimp are awesome animals. Very intelligent, and very interesting. I keep reefs, and they often come as hitchhikers in the live rock we buy. I've been wanting to setup a mantis tank, but my wife is grossed out by them.

yeah, but they are so cool. I've got a few small ones that love to eat anything that may swim by them. They're small though.

Just make sure to feed them by hand, they like it.
:evil:

When we get a house and I have my own "tank room" for sumps, refugiums, equipment and the like, I will have a mantis tank!

 

[iluvtruenos]

Originally posted by: Aquaman
I remember watching a show saying that matis shrimp striking power was like the velocity of a 22 cal bullet.

Cheers,
Aquaman

I remember seeing A CRAB GET SUCKED THROUGH A PIPE!!




And next time I'm going to an aquarium, I'll make sure to get a bunch all in one corner and start pissing them off by tapping on the glass.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: trmiv
When we get a house and I have my own "tank room" for sumps, refugiums, equipment and the like, I will have a mantis tank!

Just make sure it is acrylic (mantis tank)

oh, and feed them by hand. they like that. tease them a little and tick them off. they like that even more.

for others reading they are not to be kept in a tank with other animals. They will utterly destroy fish much larger then them.

I still want a cuttlefish tank...

movies here.
http://thetentacleparadox.com/CuttleMovies.htm

 

[jagec]

It's like some sort of claw shrimp...

 

[littleprince]

Have you ever seen a video of a large mantis shrimp in an aquarium feeding?
I remember one I think attacking a crayfish and wowz thats an entertaining show!

 

[trmiv]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: trmiv
When we get a house and I have my own "tank room" for sumps, refugiums, equipment and the like, I will have a mantis tank!

Just make sure it is acrylic (mantis tank)

oh, and feed them by hand. they like that. tease them a little and tick them off. they like that even more.

for others reading they are not to be kept in a tank with other animals. They will utterly destroy fish much larger then them.

I still want a cuttlefish tank...

movies here.
http://thetentacleparadox.com/CuttleMovies.htm

Check here too: http://www.stickycricket.com/cuttle/

That site belongs to the president of the local reef club I'm in. He's got some cool cuttle stuff.

 

[deftron]

"There are a half dozen species capable of breaking a standard glass aquarium,"

What are the other five ?