Red Hairy Lobster

Gforce3s · 10-13-2006, 01:14 AM

Anyone have one of these? My LFS has one, i was watching it for so long, it was so cool! It was about 5'' or so, beautiful color, eating and in great health. Anyone have experience with these?

Geoff · 10-13-2006, 10:02 AM

lobsters are generally easy to keep. the problem with them is that they are destructive. they move rocks around while they are digging their homes. they can also eat a lot of different things that you may not want them to in the tank. if they can catch it they will prolly eat it.

they make a nice species only tank. they do not need much room either. as long as they have a place to hide they are happy.

G~

porky1706 · 10-21-2006, 04:29 PM

i got a dwaf pink lobster in my 68g reef i never see him and i would say the hermits cause more problems than him

1spotpooalot · 11-03-2006, 09:03 PM

I have a dwarf reef lobster who I am suspicious of. A few things came up missing i.e. snails soft corals. Luckily he is in an experimental 5 gal. IMO they really arent worth the money because you will really never see them with your lights on. Once they find a good spot ...there they will stay only to come out to grab food.

showtime19 · 04-10-2007, 05:05 PM

They tend to be more destructive than cool. I thought it would be fun to have one, but I never saw it. It'd come out during feeding time and that's about it. It would also kill or injure many of my smaller reef fish with its claws.

Gundo · 04-10-2007, 10:51 PM

I've had a purple spiny lobster for years. He has been nothing short of a model citizen in my reef. I think the key is to keep them fed. I drop him shrimp pellets periodically and he is fine. I dont think he's ever killed anything.

Gundo · 04-10-2007, 10:53 PM

I have the first one pictured here.

http://www.marinelifephotography.com...s/lobsters.htm

TwinyTwin · 04-10-2007, 11:03 PM

I had a red hawiian reef lobster in my 55gal. It would eat frozen food and shrimp pellets but at night it was a different story. He hunted down all my small gobies in their sleep. They are very cool but I would put it in a tank by itself.

ChrisPrusha · 04-18-2007, 08:29 AM

Beautiful creatures, but a species tank, as G said, is a good safe bet.