Local Mantis shrimp owners?

[karavak]

I'm considering setting up a Mantis shrimp tank or converting my 180g into a Mantis tank and wanted to talk to anyone local that has a Mantis shrimp and possible check out what sort of set up they are running.

 

Brian

[davelin315]

I don’t have any currently but 180 is way too much space for them.  I kept a peacock in a 5 gallon tank for about 3 years and it did great in there.  I have also kept them on 10, 15, and 20 gallon tanks.  Have always had various smashers and at one point even kept several smaller species together in one large rock in a 15 tall tank.  Only reason to go as big as a 180 would be for a zebra mantis which is a speaker but also likes lots of depth for its burrow.