Can I keep lobster from the grocery store?

jdbgmo · #1 06/23/2004, 07:54 PM

I dont see why not. It will be temporary, the kids want one. I figure, I will just eat him when I get some LR. It will also keep the tank spiced, I have a cycled tank with no life in it. any problems with this? Someone else will just eat him if I dont. And what should I feed him?

AReeferIsExpensive · #2 06/23/2004, 07:58 PM

I dont know if this is a joke, but Ive never even thought about it. But im pretty sure those lobsters arent living in 79degrees water.....
id probably be a slow, painful death~

Reefmedic79 · #3 06/23/2004, 08:01 PM

Need Cold water close to 70 degrees I think. Couldn't tell you what to feed them.

brians_224 · #4 06/23/2004, 08:07 PM

Too funny. I thought about using a lobster to cycle my tank. Tank cycles, then lobster dinner.

I checked with my local fish monger - his tank is at 58 degrees.

Moisted · #5 06/23/2004, 08:39 PM

This is sick guys. Time to ask yourself why you're in this hobby in the first place? Enjoyment of your kids? Growing things you can eat?...

Steven Pro · #6 06/23/2004, 08:42 PM

They need 55*F or even lower. Some of those lobster tanks run at 45, which is painfully cold.

Abominable Reefer · #7 06/23/2004, 08:49 PM

Maine lobster or spiny lobster?

j/k

jdbgmo · #8 06/23/2004, 08:53 PM

OK, lobster is out, I am not buying a chiller! Just thought it would be neat for a little while. I had no idea they need cold water. Thanks for the advice, no harm, no foul.

alprazo · #9 06/23/2004, 08:56 PM

I don't think I've ever seen a live spiny lobster for sale. At least not here in the Mid Atlantic. Good question though. I have kept blue clawed crabs in a tank waiting for them to go soft (fish bait). They make a terrible mess of the water and need a lot of filtration. I imagine a lobster would do the same.