Spiny Lobster

Cu455 · 02/19/2014, 02:41 PM

What kind of lobster is this? Should I put it in my reef or predator tank? The predator tank has 2 groupers 4in and 6in and a coral catshark 14in. I don't want it to get eaten.

Pife · 02/19/2014, 02:57 PM

If you put it in the reef tank
won't it eat fish?

Potsy · 02/19/2014, 03:05 PM

Daum's reef lobster... Peaceful, won't bother corals or fishes, might attack other invertebrates if not well fed, max size 5 inches, nocturnal.

Cu455 · 02/19/2014, 03:07 PM

Thanks. It also looks like a red Hawaiian lobster. Either way I should be good.

The Derelict · 02/19/2014, 03:59 PM

I keep one in my mixed reef and he is a perfect little citizen. He has never touched a fish. He just stays in his burrow and will come out to be hand fed. Lovely creature.

phillrodrigo · 02/19/2014, 06:32 PM

I have one in my sump that was given to me because it.was attacking his fish
I just gave away my purple lobster since it ate a dotty back of mine. The second dotty back looks like it has claw marks on it

02/19/2014, 02:41 PM	#1
Cu455 Moved On Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 672	Spiny Lobster What kind of lobster is this? Should I put it in my reef or predator tank? The predator tank has 2 groupers 4in and 6in and a coral catshark 14in. I don't want it to get eaten.

02/19/2014, 03:59 PM	#5
The Derelict Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 50	lobster I keep one in my mixed reef and he is a perfect little citizen. He has never touched a fish. He just stays in his burrow and will come out to be hand fed. Lovely creature.

02/19/2014, 02:57 PM	#2
Pife Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 7,408	If you put it in the reef tank won't it eat fish?

02/19/2014, 03:05 PM	#3
Potsy Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Kinnelon, NJ Posts: 1,827	Daum's reef lobster... Peaceful, won't bother corals or fishes, might attack other invertebrates if not well fed, max size 5 inches, nocturnal.

02/19/2014, 03:07 PM	#4
Cu455 Moved On Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 672	Thanks. It also looks like a red Hawaiian lobster. Either way I should be good.

02/19/2014, 06:32 PM	#6
phillrodrigo Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: quaker hill ct Posts: 2,433	I have one in my sump that was given to me because it.was attacking his fish I just gave away my purple lobster since it ate a dotty back of mine. The second dotty back looks like it has claw marks on it