Keeping Lobsters

[dfstan]

hi all, anyone has experience in keeping lobsters in their tank, esp those spiny blue colors. heard those are reef safe? any info to share?

[veliferium]

they are not reef-safe...

[FuEl]

So far the small specimens (assuming you talking about the edible species) I bought did'nt disturb any fish, including small gobies. But they can be real annoying at times with their long antennas touching corals accidentally causing them to close up. Mine had the bad habit of rubbing its back on a rock of yellow star polyps till all of them shrunk and alot died due to stress. After removing it the star polyps returned..

[AREA51]

if it doesn't kill any fish or smaller inverts i'd like to give it a try.

but i've one cowfish at 6"++ excluding tail