Mantis Shrimp, The Best Pet Crustacean?

Let's face it, the mantis shrimp might be the most incredible of all crustaceans; they are as formidable as they are beautiful. However, being hardcore and glorious doesn't necessarily mean that it makes a good pet. So is the mantis shrimp a good pet? Is the mantis shrimp the best pet arthropod for you?

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[CallMeJephph]

as a certified mamtis shramp owner I will say that the species you typically find in the trade are generally easy to keep, the peacock mantis in particular. The most important thing is to keep their ph around 8.4, and their GH and KH high! Their molts are very dangerous to them if those water parameters are too low.

Another thing is the smashing stomatopods arent always the killing machines theyre depicted as. It depends on their personality, but mine in particular doesnt bother any of the fish I have or my large urchin.

P.S. mine is named Big Onion and he takes clams out of my hand and is a polite gentleman

[pipsjourney]

Personal experience working in a pet store, Mantis Shrimp shattered the 3/8ths inch non tempered glass of a 75g aquarium

[Fairyfink]

Clint used to be the only person on this planet who has given serious consideration to whether it is better to be eaten by a praying mantis or a mantis shrimp. Now I have considered the options too and wish I hadn't.

[whalercumming]

"Big enough to hurt you, but not big enough to hunt you"- that makes anything cool and might be the most bada$$ thing ever said about a shrimp ever

[lazyking]

I have a peacock mantis shrimp almost 1yr now. I was going to name him shrimptama the one punch shrimp, but changed his name to Buddha the peaceful shrimp because he's not aggressive at all to where I can handfeed him and have a fish in the same tank with him

[RealBelisariusCawl]

Two Jurassic Park references less than two minutes into the video and it’s not even a reptile?

10/10 Clint, you earned this like today. ❤

[HeyChanelle]

I look after the club type at work, he's actually pretty chill, he comes and greets me every morning 🥰

[mmseng]

TBH I fully expected this to be one of those "no of course they aren't the best pet, appreciate them but never keep them" videos. Very interesting to learn that they are in fact keepable.

[tythespy]

You are ROCKING that logo tie, Clint!! 💚🦎

[riffcrypt]

The concept of there being a shrimp that can punch so hard there is potential for it to crack a glass enclosure is exactly why I can watch this channel endlessly and still be learning new things. Awesome.

[TakoyakiStore]

I think this is the first pet on Clint's Reptiles that will be your pet whether you want one or not because they will sometimes hide in coral harvested for aquariums and you won't know it until your fish start disappearing... 👀

They're my favorite animal so this video was quite a treat. 😁

[SergeiMosin]

They're like tiny, angry, aquatic aliens that can and will massacre and devour anything that moves near them. If that's not the most metal thing you've ever heard, you've lived a life I can't even imagine.

[whiteegretx]

I got so caught up in Clint's great explanation of the amazing physiology of these creatures that I forgot that this video was about having them as pets. Double bonus. Beautiful creatures.

[Deeznuhts]

Everybody you feature on your channel is very professional and knowledgeable. I greatly appreciate it and I’m sure many others do, as well.

[MajoraZ]

The mantis shrimp is quite possibly at the very top of the list of "Animals that basically have superpowers yet surprisingly have not be turned into a Pokemon yet". We got a pistol shrimp back in 2013, but still no mants shrimp!... That aside, what's this about Insects possibly being crustaceans taxonomically, I want to hear more about that!

[Ozraptor]

The "weed" mantis shrimps that are accidentally introduced into aquaria with live rock (usually small Gonodactylus spp.) make great pets in the own right if you're willing to set up their own tank. I've kept 3 stowaway stomatopods as pets over the years and found them to be among the most rewarding marine crustaceans to keep - getting it for free is a bonus (assuming it hasn't killed any of your other more expensive pets before you caught it in your main tank).

[davidben]

Back to the 90's when I bought live rock a mantis shrimp was on the rocks while I started out the reef tank (200L) dunno how much Gallon it was. So I took it as a pet and had it for 6 years in a glass aquarium, they're lovely to see but I couldn't add anything alive in it, was the most fun animal to have.

He / she even knew when it was feeding time. I got hit by her punch 1x and yeah you feel it 🙂

[phszoyk]

The best pet crustacean is obviously Leon the Lobster

[mantidream]

These and chameleons are, for my money, some of the best examples of wildly interesting evolution. Both have incredibly unorthodox senses of sight, a fantastic hunting tool, and can be quite colorful

[HereticalKitsune]

ngl, I thought the background was indeed green screen. Amazing location to shoot!