purple lobster?
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daniel411
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I think polarpooch had a pretty bad experience with one.
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gobiodon
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Two kinds of Purple Lobster:
a/ Grows up to 8 inches long; nocturnal - it will catch a small fish for a snack. Be careful with it!
b/ Purple Lobster
Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz Canadian whisky (Crown Royal)
1 1/2 oz Chambord raspberry liqueur
2 splashes Cranberry juice
3 splashes 7-Up
Second one is safer.
:happy:
a/ Grows up to 8 inches long; nocturnal - it will catch a small fish for a snack. Be careful with it!
b/ Purple Lobster
Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz Canadian whisky (Crown Royal)
1 1/2 oz Chambord raspberry liqueur
2 splashes Cranberry juice
3 splashes 7-Up
Second one is safer.
:happy:
saltymom
Member
I have a purple lobster from this site. It has been with my fish since November. In March we moved everyone into a 180.
We know where his hole is..and each night right before lights go out...we use a feeding stick and put something downnear the entrance of his rock, for him. He takes it everynight.
He likes raw squid or shrimp best. I have never seen him catch anything of mine...but I can not see him all of the time.
I just think its a good idea to keep his belly full. I hand feed my Choc chip star too. Just to try to curb any hunger issues they may get in the middle of the night.
He has only came out one time...and got into a hole near the front glass, he stayed there about a day..but the next night, he went back to his regular spot.
I have found one molt since Ive had him. I cant see that he is too much bigger than when I first got him.
Think the fish learned fairly early on...where to stay away from. Because I never see anyof them bothering or nosing around the entrance to his hole! LOL
I ll tell ya what thou, I lost all but one of my red leg hermits to an arrow crab. I had more trubble outta him than anything. He also had a brandnew little bitty perc clown in his claws the morning after I got it, when the lights came on. The arrow crab died when we moved into the bigger tank. I dont know what happen to him. We were gentle with him, but he died in the holding buckets before we ever got everything in the tank.
The purple lobster survived the move thou! lol
I did have some pictures, I dont know if I still do..Ill hunt for them.
Goodluck...let us know what u decide.
~Smom.
We know where his hole is..and each night right before lights go out...we use a feeding stick and put something downnear the entrance of his rock, for him. He takes it everynight.
He likes raw squid or shrimp best. I have never seen him catch anything of mine...but I can not see him all of the time.
I just think its a good idea to keep his belly full. I hand feed my Choc chip star too. Just to try to curb any hunger issues they may get in the middle of the night.
He has only came out one time...and got into a hole near the front glass, he stayed there about a day..but the next night, he went back to his regular spot.
I have found one molt since Ive had him. I cant see that he is too much bigger than when I first got him.
Think the fish learned fairly early on...where to stay away from. Because I never see anyof them bothering or nosing around the entrance to his hole! LOL
I ll tell ya what thou, I lost all but one of my red leg hermits to an arrow crab. I had more trubble outta him than anything. He also had a brandnew little bitty perc clown in his claws the morning after I got it, when the lights came on. The arrow crab died when we moved into the bigger tank. I dont know what happen to him. We were gentle with him, but he died in the holding buckets before we ever got everything in the tank.
The purple lobster survived the move thou! lol
I did have some pictures, I dont know if I still do..Ill hunt for them.
Goodluck...let us know what u decide.
~Smom.
toughguy80
Member
I also have 1. He's about 3" now, was only 1" when I got him. Never had a problem with him harrassing tank mates. He's under a peice of LR positioned so I can see him all time. He actually hangs out with my engineering goby a lot. I've even seen them side by side sharing a same hole! I also have a decent sized crab that with shell is about 4-5" long. I don't know what type it is but my poor little lobster runs for his life when old hermy starts towards him
I'm very happy with mine but I'll warn you MANY others have had bad experiences with losing fish and never seeing their lobster.