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Post by corycatwoman on May 11, 2010 9:19:44 GMT -5
i baught a blue lobster its really small still, but im curious if im the first to house one of these guys on the site? i havent seen anyone speak of crustaceans other then danny with his red lobster.
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Post by Carl on May 11, 2010 10:16:17 GMT -5
I have kept the Freshwater Blue Lobster (actually a crayfish), although it has now been a few years now. They were popular among my clients. Be careful as they are very opportunistic and will eat anything they can get a hold of. Generally healthy Mbuna should be OK, although weak fish or long fin or slow fish would be in danger Carl
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Post by corycatwoman on May 11, 2010 10:21:33 GMT -5
im housing him with the 2 gourami's they are large gourami's holding there own against eachother mainly at the top of the tank. all though the blue one does chase the gold one towards the lobster and he has gotten ahold of a ventral fin but i think he just thaught it was a worm and let go imidiatly after realizing it was attatched to a fish 4 times his size.
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Post by corycatwoman on May 11, 2010 10:22:51 GMT -5
but i am more than aware of there capabilities. im just hoping i can get this 55 gallon saturday and have it up and running so i can upgrade the gourami tank with the lobster to the 30 gallon.
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Post by Suzie Q (Lori) on May 11, 2010 14:14:29 GMT -5
I've kept "wild" Texas crawfish (my son brought them home). I found they are really fond of fish food...not the lunch meat my son was feeding YUCKY water lol... Had a big female for about 6 months or more in a tank by herself....I finally made him release her when he failed to clean her tank after over feeding her for the umteenth time... I'll stick with my Red Cherry Shrimp and the occasional Ghost Shrimp Lori
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Post by bikeguy33 on May 11, 2010 19:02:42 GMT -5
be aware that any crawfish will eat whatever it can catch. the blue is more often than not a man made critter. avoid having a pleco or other bottom feeders where possible. 1 by 1 they will disappear...
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Post by corycatwoman on May 11, 2010 21:09:42 GMT -5
thanks. im not keeping my fingers crossed for any survivors yet until i upgrade the tank. so far i still have all 4 cherry barbs and the 2 gourami. they just need to deal with it until saturday.
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