lobsters

[danielfish]

are they hard to care for.any info on them????im thinking about getting a spiiny blue or purple..

 

[scoobydoo]

you'll never see them and they aren't reef safe. I also had a purple that hid all the time but would hunt for fish. IMO not worth the money or aggrevation.

 

[fishnerd]

Sorry Scoob, I disagree.
You are correct about the not reef safe part, but they (blue spiny) are easy to keep, easy to find and rarely hunt fish, healthy fish that is. If they are underfed they might prey on a sleeping fish.
Keep good WQ and remember to add supplements as though its a reef, especially iodine.

 

[scoobydoo]

ok fishnerd, I wasn't paying attention. I was only talking about the purple lobster. I don't know anything about the spiny. I had a purple lobster in my 29g QT tank since I didn't want to move it to my 125 because its not reef safe. It was hiding in a hole in a rock and I only could see a claw for months. Then I got a six-line wrasse who was swimming in front of the hole and the lobster lunged at it. I had to remove the lobster.

 

[fishnerd]

I wasn't try to be offensive.
Purples, and anything with claws for that matter, can definately be problematic.

 

[scoobydoo]

fishnerd, I didn't take offense. I thought your reply was perfectly fine. You were talking about the blue spiny and I was talking about the purple. I hope I didn't come across as defensive.

 

[fishnerd]

Look how nice we can be, no flame war on this post.

 

[scoobydoo]

I try to play nice!

 

[danielfish]

so it will eat corals??i only have a couple of mushrooms and getting a feather duster?would it eat a cleaner shrimp??blue and purple lobster

 

[ophiura]

Look you two, if you don't stop being so darn nice, I'm going to get sick.
Pat on the back to you both

 

[scoobydoo]

Sorry O, it won't happen again!

 

[fishnerd]

F scoobydoo, I hate him.
Is that better?

 

[ophiura]

Honestly! With people like you around, who needs mods.
LOL. Just spread this behavior around. Hopefully it will pass around as fast as the recent bug in our office.

 

[scoobydoo]

Originally posted by fishnerd
F scoobydoo, I hate him.
Is that better?
Its I hate HER! I really should change my user name because that happens alot. I was in a hurry and my dog who happens to me named Scooby Doo (kids did it not me!) kept hitting me with his nose to pay attention to him. It was the only thing I could think of at the time.

 

[fishnerd]

I'm sorry (back to being nice) I didn't mean to say "him".
BTW, Scoobydoo is a beautiful, wonderful young lady.
How's that???

 

[scoobydoo]

Very very good Fishnerd must be a husband in training.

 

[bigdogzack]

ok already...i'm ready to gag...

 

[scoobydoo]

no gagging on this thread. This is a nice thread and gagging isn't nice.

 

[loopy]

i'm gagging

 

[fishnerd]

Hey Scooby, Bigdog and Loopy took you seriously. They got so mad at our lack of a flame war they attacked me for being sarcastic on the "LFS vs me" thread. Check it out, its worth a laugh.