Are the blue crayfish injected with dye, or do they come by their color naturally? Anyway, they are uber-cool and I would love to have one but unfortunately I'm planning a community. They wouldn't do well in there, right?
10g Lobster?
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I think that's just a mutation...and if you are planning a piscine community, I'd leave the crawdad out of it. 
Bob at bluecrayfish.com is really great. A few weeks ago I purchased 3 immunis from him (1 female, 2 males) for $15 + shipping. The two males died unexpectedly after molting. Bob replaced them with 3 alleni (1 female, 2 males) which arrived yesterday. Since the surviving female immunis is considerably bigger than the new alleni, I have them set up in two 10 gallons, with airstones and filters. The immunis has a mixed white gravel and large pebble substrate, with 1 large holey rock for a "cave" and 1 "tent" made of a large flat stone perched against another. The smaller alleni are in a tank with a tahitian sand substrate and 3 small holey rocks for caves. I intially planted about 6 anubias and crypts in the immunis tank, but between the original 3 crays, all plants were uprooted. When I find an LFS with the supplies, I intended to pick up some floating plants! There is also a small school of white clouds in that tank. There were 6, this morning there were 5, and the immunis was munching on a tasty snack! I think she has just gotten a little bigger and a bit more agressive. I'm planning on switching out the crays so the smaller guys are with the white clouds. Maybe I'll pick up some other fish to go with the immunis. Anyone have suggestions on a cold tolerant (down to 72 degrees) fish that'll reach maybe 3 or 4 inches?
Oh, I feed the crays shrimp pellets once a day...
...and the occasional white cloud, apparently!
Oh, I feed the crays shrimp pellets once a day...
...and the occasional white cloud, apparently!
Okay, so now the next question. Josh is standing over me, slingshot pointed, and wants me to ask it. What temp do true lobsters need? Can they survive for a year in a 10g with ice added twice daily?
a real lobster in a 10g? don't know about that...i would think it would be a rather cruel and short existence.
The slingshot is gone, so I think I can respond freely...I figured as much on the size of the tank...and I think that he's going to be unpleasantly surprised when I tell him that he needs different filtration to be ready for SW...
I'm just gonna get him a crayfish soon and put it in that tank (along with gravel from a cycled tank...)
I'm just gonna get him a crayfish soon and put it in that tank (along with gravel from a cycled tank...)
A true lobster can live over 100 years and be longer then 2' long (largest recorded was estimated to be 100-110 years old and was 2.1 feet long), so a 10gl is abit small
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If you really want to make this work, then a 75 gallon is best. You would need to use saltwater techniques, but I don't believe they are as sensitive to water chemistry and you may forgo the protein skimmer people usually use. Simple aquaclears, simple subsrate, and no specialized lighting is needed. Good Luck!
I imagine the original cray (the post was from 2003?) is long gone?? 
Having a ginormous lobster, however, would be sort of neat!!! I wonder how good of shape those lobsters are in the tanks at the fish market?!?! Not nearly as expensive as many huge species you might otherwise buy to populate your tank!
Having a ginormous lobster, however, would be sort of neat!!! I wonder how good of shape those lobsters are in the tanks at the fish market?!?! Not nearly as expensive as many huge species you might otherwise buy to populate your tank!
