is this lobster reef/fish/inverts safe ?

[angmoh]

is it safe ?

[thecoralscove]

check from the webby, says 'with caution in reef tanks'

[cornyfish]

Unfortunately not with small fishes or shrimps..

[Maxstar81]

Kept b4.

Very timid guy.

Always hide under cover.

Will usually come out when light is off & when

dinner is served.

IMO, can keep with small fish but also

depend with individual char lah.

Put in & monitor for a while loh.

[angmoh]

does it attack inverts like shrimps ?

i have glass shrimps and cleaner shrimps at the moment.

[Maxstar81]

It is terror-torial.

It will snip at invaders once it settles.

Must see if the rest are haressing it loh.

Left alone it'll be ok.

[Kelmen]

From my reading from my frequent forums, I'm yet to see a bad feedback on it, but then maybe vert few ppl pet them.

Or also very likely since its night-timer, so observation is less.

If you really interested, pick a small one, and post us any "bad" experience.

IMO: if you see any obvious weapon by any pets, it mean very simple, they can be very mean.

Well, if one can feed them good-good, maybe they can be tame....

[thecoralscove]

yup. very shy bugger

[angmoh]

haha i dun wanna take any risk ler..

hate respacing and disturbing those corals..

i know it's very hard to catch him back once throw into the tank hehe

anyway i think i'll put it into the sump la . black black with alot of LR .. sure will be his fav. place haha

[ah fat]

anyone have experience of this lobster attacking small fishes?

aft every night, my fishes tails and fins get torn. was wondering if its because of this lobster.

[RX_GAN]

Lobster...Is it Reef-safe? A lot of people have asked this question and I have received answers from LFS that "YES. YES, REEF-SAFE."

And I will go like "So do they attack or eat small fishes, huh?"

Then most likely they will tell you, "Won't la, very small now. Very shy one."

AND SO "THEY DO?"

GUESS WHAT? the answer i received will be "Won't grow fast one la."

HAHAHAHA.... Guys, please don't accept this kind of nonsense.

From the picture you post, It's a Enoplometopus daumi Holthuis 1983, Daum's Reef Lobster.

It's normally imported from Philippines and Indonesia.

Lobsters are delicious on the plate and not so in the reef. Because firstly,

They are territory. Means?

They will fight and occupy it's own space.

So when they grow bigger, they will occupy more territory and it means lesser place for your other livestock.

They grow up fast and normally bigger and bigger.

Lobsters required a lot of living space and need at least 100 gallon of water.

It's filtration system must also be good due to the fact that it produces waste equivalent to that of a big adult fish.

And you need to have a sand substrate bottom. And not it will be better to have not too much of live rocks.

Lobsters, unlike shrimp, prefer to burrow into sand.

They are very clumsy when they move about.

So don't be surprised to see your corals moving around and it's not because they have got legs.

Lobsters are nocturnal creatures, which hunt for food at night. So it will be pretty hard for you to observe whether they do eat or injured your food.

So if you have fish with injured fin or injuries, you may want to look into having a lobster salad soon. ?

It still can be tamed. Marine life is a very mysterious thing. You can still train and tamed them but sometimes it takes patience and luck. Just like how they tame a killer whale to perform and swim with human.

But that doesn’t mean you can start to put in triggers, puffers and eels just because I say you can tame them. :S I won’t bear any responsibilities if any of livestock kick the bucket.