lobsters?

[dixon]

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hi has anyone here ever kept lobsters as pets?
i would like to know how to keep them
and cuttlefish?

 

[Scythemantis]

You can find many caresheets for cuttlefish on google, they're challenging and short-lived but very rewarding.

Lobsters are extremely hardy...they will eat any organic matter and they like cold water, not too complicated. I've thought about getting a lobster....they can live as old as a human and get so incredibly massive.

 

[dixon]

[ incredibly massive.[/QUOTE]

how big is this?

what size tank would you reccomend

:clap:

 

[Tleilaxu]

Depending on the species a 125 gallon is the smallest you can go for two warm water lobsters (spiny) *purple spinys are an acception* For the Maine lobsters you will need a chiller and you also would need a larger tank 175.

PS dont think about eating them as fish and other animals kept in tanks taste bad.

 

[dixon]

chiller?

im sorry but what is a chiller?

 

[Thoth]

A chiller lowers the temperature in an aquarium. If you're going to try keeping Maine lobster (Homarus americanus) the type you find as sale for food, they prefer lower temperatures. Also they keep growing with each molt, Coney Island Aquarium had/has one that has a body length (not including claws) of 2+ feet, last time I saw it. I don't know how much experience you have with salt water tanks but I say instead raise crayfish. Their freshwater, the tank does not need to be as large, and you could always raise the "blue lobster" crayfish.

 

[Tleilaxu]

Indeed. A two foot lobster wow!

 

[Gigas]

Lobster and Cuttlefish are marine and hard to care for unless your experienced with marine aquariums. if you want a cool aquatic invert try crayfish, Cherax destructor? i think they get big and you get lightening blue forms! very cool guys. There are many species available esp in the Sates and when they die you acn eat em
*Edit* Thoth got there first *cries*

 

[Tleilaxu]

Cherax destructor is a good one.

 

[Aquanut]

There is a small tropical s/w lobster you can find that is very cool except they hide except at night.

I had a "blue lobster" in my freshwater tank which was a type aof crayfish. It was about six inches before it excaped onto the carpet and died. It was very cool and fun to feed. He would grab food from my fingers if i was careful.

 

[Aquanut]

a great place to find out about saltwater critters is Reefcentral.com its a forum dedicated to the saltwater hobby