Divided 75 gal mantis tanks

[salem clemens]

I have a 75 gallon mantis shrimp tank I'm setting up. I was wondering if I could put a divider in the tank and keep a giant zebra on one half and the other a peacock. Or is somehow I could keep them without a divider and for the zebra the sand bed needs to be at least 9 inches is that correct?


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[salem clemens]

Anyone?



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[Nils]

I don't know how aggressive mantis shrimp really are, but I am guessing that if they are able to see each other then there will be problems, meaning if you want to divide the tank then you would have to use a divider that isn't see through. What I would do is get a single mantis shrimp and have a sort of "main" focus in the tank instead of having two different shrimp with different needs.

 

[salem clemens]

I'm planing on putting in thick plexiglass so there's no way to break through. One is a spearer and one is a smasher. So with the smasher I will keep some fish and the spearer some crabs. So when it's time to feed I just get tongs or a net and move the creatures to there respective side.


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[ImACoolguy]

Get some aquarium safe paint and paint your divider. No seeing each other, no problems. I can't verify but I've heard it's best to use acrylic tanks with mantis shrimps. Because of their... Hazardous abilities. Acrylic won't shatter like glass.


Caleb

 

[salem clemens]

The tank is acrylic. I was thinking possibly dividing it into 3 chambers and putting a dwarf lion and snowflake into one but this may be a bit of a push.


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