Help Colbalt Lobster Eggs

[Greg5530]

Help, I have a cobalt lobster and have had him for about 6 months, last night when feeding the fish last night I noticed what looks like eggs under its tail. I only have the one lobster so I'm kind of shocked that there are eggs present. Does anyone have any advise on this I would appreciate it.

 

[Greg5530]

Here is a pic

 

[henningc]

Those are eggs. I'd move this gal to a ten gal if you want to keep any of the young. Or just leave her go and let nature do the rest.

 

[MMantelli]

Won't they need to be fertalized in order to be able to hatch? I'm not sure on how the whole crawdad reproduction works.

 

[henningc]

Yes, but that may have happened prior to you purchasing her. The females recieve a sperm packet from the male and pass the eggs through for fertilization. Sounds odd but I had this happen once with a new crayfish.

 

[MMantelli]

Oh that's cool.