Yep, SW lobsters are completely SW. There are several types of Crayfish sold as FW lobsters, lol, I guess it just sounds better.
i feel ashamed for asking this...
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The Aussie blue lobster or Yabbie is Cherax quinquecarinatus. It is a fully freshwater crayfish species. There is also a blue color morph of the American crayfish Procambarus alleni, again a freshwater species.
SimonL;1349438; said:
arent there color morphs for the american SW lobster too? I swear ive seen blue and white and red morphs. Theyre very rare, but they have em at major public aquariums. AKA Boston Aquarium had some.
Yup, there are different color versions of Homarus (spelling?) but you're not likely to see them for sale at your LFS!.
SimonL;1349791; said:
oh hellll no. No LFS should have them. Theyre very cool to look at.. i think the chances of the morphed lobster existing are like 1 in 5 million. i made up those numbers but i know theyre extremely rare.
anyone remember the 50+ lb lobster named bubba, that was caught and was being shipped to a museum?? it died the day it got to the museum. damn shame, i bet it was over 40 - 5o years old.
Ian,Ianab;1348422; said:It will be some sort of freshwater lobster or cray?
There are several species, but many of them are pretty nasty little critters.
Then they moult their hard shell, and get eaten.
Cheers
Ian
If you have a hollow one ended pipe or cave for crays to hide in they can bluff and defend theselveds for the few hours it takes for their new shell to harden up. You probably know but they will inflate thier new shell as big as possible with water before it hardens and then they GROW into their new skin. You will need a pipe of cave if your keeping crays as they will even eat each other otherwise.
