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catfish
10-18-2005, 2:50 AM
are the lobsters you see in tanks at places like meijers saltwater or freshwater?
piranha45
10-18-2005, 4:23 AM
the lobsters you find in supermarkets are saltwater, they are called Maine lobsters
catfish
10-18-2005, 3:14 PM
has anyone kept one of these. how hard are they to keep and what would i feed them? im considering buying one and setting up a lobster tank
piranha45
10-18-2005, 3:21 PM
They require 35 degree F MARINE water. They will live for about 10 minutes in 70F marine water
You'd prolly get by with feeding them fish fillets.
the short answer is: get a crayfish and forget about it.
P45 is on the money! They need COLD water, not just cool. If you want sw lobsters try spiney or slipper lobsters, they can be kept as tropicals, be warned, they get pretty large and eat every living thing in the tank.!
Fish_are_fishfood
10-18-2005, 5:00 PM
At my work, they have a maine blue lobster, I guess thats what it is, and they just drop in thawed out raw shrimp and scallops for it to eat.
MrfisH
10-18-2005, 5:43 PM
MMmmmm, Maine lobsters, I got 'em right down the road.
mypetfish
12-23-2005, 6:36 PM
You also need a chiller to keep the water cold like the supermarkets do.