agreed, it will eat what ever it can catch. Keep an eye on it.Keep him well fed so he doent decide to munch on any of your fish
fishfreek said:Oh he looks like a monster Keep him well fed so he doent decide to munch on any of your fish.
scuba_steve said:go to your local grocery store and buy raw shrimp that will sink
zuzecawi said:I had one of these in my 29 gal reef tank. He did NOT just stick to weak/dying fish. He ate 2 fire gobies, 1 green mandarin, a watchman goby, several peppermint shrimp, several blood shrimp, several coral banded shrimp, and two arrow crabs. Of course, it was a small tank, but I fed him every day religiously and he still couldn't resist the fish. I did have one peppermint that survived for over a year, and one arrow crab the same. The cool thing with the lobster was he would molt and if I was quick I could pull the molts out and let them dry on a shelf, so now I have about 10 little lobster shells from the four years I had him. I think in a 55 you might have a better time of it... but the hermits will probably be lobster snacks eventually. Then again, FWIW, maybe mine was just super voracious.
revhtree said:It may be just the pic, but the tang looks to be loosing it's color. It needs some good veggies to munch on. I would also soak the food in vitamins. Does it look kind of white towards the front of the tang or is it just the pic?
Unfortuneately, when I got deployed to Iraq, I had to sell my tank, lobster included (along with around half my earnings worth coral, fish, critters, rock etc). Then when I broke my leg and got evac'd back to the states I was stuck in the barracks on medhold for another year, and I finally got home this December. (Deployed 10 Feb 2003) So the whole time I daydreamed of snakes and fish. And now, redemption at last, a new tank and twice the size as the last!Cool stuff with the molts! what'd you end up doing with the lobster?
I hope your happy with ur new tank
Just wanted to say we all appreciate you going out to IRAQ and fighting for us!!