peacock shrimp

[NYCTURBO]

I have a acrylic cube tank about 1x1x1 thinking of getting a peacock shrimp but i think the cube would be too small any thoughts?

 

[dacaptain78]

I dont have any personal experience with peacock mantis shrimp, but for what I have read the consensus seems to be that a 30 gallon breeder is a suitable home for an adult specimen. Your tank may not be good for a peacock, but there are other smaller mantis that would be ok in it. Check out this link.

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/crustacea/malacostraca/eumalacostraca/royslist/index.html

 

[JimmyR1rider]

They live in burrows and caves and are absolute hunters. Just watch ALL the vids on them, they need a big enough tank to have multiple places to hunt from and bring their food into when they grab it. They also get pretty big 1'X1'X1' I would say is not near enough tank for one.

 

[rookie07]

Thats fine as long as you can keep the water quality high.

 

[al0ha]

they sell regular mantis shrimp to eat in chinatown!

 

[Gabe]

I had regular shrimp and crabs in my tanks before, from china town... Yep that's right .. China town, and they were thriving for months easily 4 months, until people scared me. But never had a problem with any of them, great scavengers.