Puffer VS. Mantis
 

Will a small toby puffer kill a mantis shrimp?

I'm not sure about the size of the puffer fish in question, but a confrontation could go either way.

If you are actually of a mind to keep the puffer alive, and the mantis, they should NOT be housed together.

Even if the mantis didn't kill the puffer, he could maim it with a strike or 5...


I watched one of my mantis smash tentacles off of an anemone that I added two days ago...I have since moved the anemone to another tank, but that poor thing...Watching Mantis smash apart rocks should/would keep you from adding a fish that you cared about (not to mention the $$$ involved).


Hope that my comments may have helped.


-Ron

mantis really should be kept in a species tank. Is your mantis a smasher or spearer?

I have no clue..I only hear him.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by waterfaller1 [/i]
[B]I have no clue..I only hear him. [/B][/QUOTE]
If you hear him that more than likely means a smasher.

could be a pistol you hear as well, not necessarily a mantis.

A mantis vs a puffer is like a mongoos vs a snake. sometimes the puffer wins sometimes the mantis wins.