Lobsters?

Anyone have a lobster in their reef? I was told that with caution they are reef safe as long as they have enough room. I'm in love with the blue spiny lobster and Debelius lobster. I didn't buy it because no one in my tank is aggressive at this point and thats the last thing i want. but they are beautiful to look at

 

They are beautiful, but in a tank with a lot of live rock they hide during the day, as they are nocturnal. IMO in the long run they are not reef safe, especially as they grow and get older.

 

good to know... just read on another forum a guy has had his for 7 years he's lucky if he see's it a couple times a year he said.

 

I have had both the blue and the red and they did not eat any inverts that I know of, but I never saw them and after I got some clams and more expensive inverts I got rid of them. A couple of people I have known had problems with them not only eating inverts but the occasional fish, but they behaved for me, I just not willing to risk an expensive clam.

I love the pattern to the blue ones though, but again they hide too much for my liking. I want to see my critters.

 

i agree! i love my fire shrimp but he hides a lot. only comes out to feed he's only been in the tank a week. I can't imagine the lobster coming out maybe once or twice in a year! lol

 

Don't give up on your fire shrimp sometimes it can take a long time for them to settle in. ;D

 

I commented at a local LFS about a purple reef lobster they had in with their baby clowns. The guy heard me & immediately exclaimed that they won't eat the fish. I said "Really? Cuz it's eating one right now!" LMAO

Actually, you could tell it was an already dead fish, but I thought it was funny. I wanted one a long time ago, but never got one because of the risk of them eating stuff I didn't want them to.

 

I won't give up on him... i saw how they do nothing but scavenge at the LFS the guy said they get so comfortable they basically eat out ofyour hand. So i'll be patient... as for the lobster eating fish lol great story

 

Not only will they eat from your hand but they will actually eat your dead skin.lol

 

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