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Minimum Tank
- Thread starter Nuke
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A ten gallon tank is plenty big for a mantis. Make sure to get one of the smaller species and not one that is known to grow rather large. My mantis tank is only 5.5 gallons.
I would highly suggest buying a titanium heater. As for a glass tank I don't see any problem with it since I will also be using a glass tank. These guys can easily shatter a glass tank but I have heard that it is a rare occurence. I have heard more times about heaters getting broken hence the titanium recommendation....
I would highly suggest buying a titanium heater. As for a glass tank I don't see any problem with it since I will also be using a glass tank. These guys can easily shatter a glass tank but I have heard that it is a rare occurence. I have heard more times about heaters getting broken hence the titanium recommendation....
That size tank might be a bit small or a large species (OS) or something. Try for something small and hardy. I think a 10g for my little N. Wennerae would be overkill. She has way too much space in the 5.5g and it's now a problem of finding compatible cleanup crew to keep the sucker clean, ones that won't turn into lunch.
Totally agree with Hwarang on the (O. Scyllarus) id have to say you're gonna need a larger tank for that species...however my N. Wennerae wont bother my Giant Turbo snails and I too keep mine in a 5.5gal but then again, these are a smaller species of Mantis..I keep a A. Ocellaris with my mantis and no aggression at all..Hell according to Chockablock, he keeps a Bangaii Cardinal with his O. Scyllarus (Peacock mantis).. However i wouldnt recommend it...but to answer your question..yes you can keep A mantis in that size tank, however, its gonna depend on the species you keep...
If im not mistaken most in the Gonodactylus stay fairly small allowing you to keep them in 10gal or smaller? The trick is being able to get one thats not O.Scyllarus...my LFS gets O. Scyllarus every once in awhile but thats it...some people are luckier with being able to pick up different species...key word is luck :wink:
Identifying where a mantid species originates is a great start to hunting one down.
When I saw the really nice pix of a neon green Neogonodactylus wennerae on the Lurker's Mantis site, I knew I wanted that. So I found that it's common in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Then it turns out that TBS does their live rock farming down there and that many acquire a hitchhiker N. wennera from TBS live rock. So I talked to someone who just bought like 300 pounds of it and he had 3 or 4 mantids stowed away. I got one of his. There are also stomatopod species that live in LR that's ordered from other areas in the word.
It's considerably more rare to get a spearer since they don't live on the rocks which we steal from the ocean.
When I saw the really nice pix of a neon green Neogonodactylus wennerae on the Lurker's Mantis site, I knew I wanted that. So I found that it's common in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Then it turns out that TBS does their live rock farming down there and that many acquire a hitchhiker N. wennera from TBS live rock. So I talked to someone who just bought like 300 pounds of it and he had 3 or 4 mantids stowed away. I got one of his. There are also stomatopod species that live in LR that's ordered from other areas in the word.
It's considerably more rare to get a spearer since they don't live on the rocks which we steal from the ocean.
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