Help please

[backpackingpro369]

Hello I was in my LFS the other day looking around and i saw in one of the tanks was some sort of lobster and there was a sign saying the name $150 and then super agressive! I talked to the guy that works at the store and he recamends that i go with about a 20 gallon tank for is as it cant be housed with any other fish.

so long story in short i am thinking about getting it but i forgot the name of the lobster and also this will be my first saltwater set up what do you recommend i get for the tank. please someone help!

 

[Wiggles92]

Hello I was in my LFS the other day looking around and i saw in one of the tanks was some sort of lobster and there was a sign saying the name $150 and then super agressive! I talked to the guy that works at the store and he recamends that i go with about a 20 gallon tank for is as it cant be housed with any other fish.

so long story in short i am thinking about getting it but i forgot the name of the lobster and also this will be my first saltwater set up what do you recommend i get for the tank. please someone help!

Name and pictures will help a lot.

I recommend posting this thread in the "Rocks / Corals / Inverts" sub-forum of the "Marine and Brackish" forum; you'll have a better chance of getting the help you need there.

 

[studd muffin]

$150 for a lobster? It better know how to do tricks and play fetch jk jk Pictures please

 

[SimonL]

Super agressive eh...I bet you it's a Peacock Mantis Shrimp, Odontodactylus scyllarus. Even if it's a huge adult, 150 bucks is really expensive. Does it look like this?

 

[eatingleg4peanut]

or taste delicious!

 

[ballinouttacntrol]

or taste delicious!

to the original poster, are you really considering your first salt experience being with a 150 buck invert? you should probably get the hang of it with something cheaper then work your way up

 

[MyGiants]

Could be some kind of big Pistol shrimp. They can be very deadly to fish.

 

[backpackingpro369]

Super agressive eh...I bet you it's a Peacock Mantis Shrimp, Odontodactylus scyllarus. Even if it's a huge adult, 150 bucks is really expensive. Does it look like this?

it doesnt look like that it looked as if it had little hairs almost all over it


and i am sorry i dont have pictures

 

[SimonL]

A pistol for 150 bucks? A mantis is the only invert I can think of that warrants a special caution warning, as well as an expensive price.

 

[ballinouttacntrol]

it doesnt look like that it looked as if it had little hairs almost all over it


and i am sorry i dont have pictures

call the shop and get the name? 411 is your best friend