Lobster care

[nitronick]

Hello all!

I am wanting to raise keep a lobster as a pet. Can anyone help me with the set up?

Thank you!

Nick

[Bifferwine]

What type of lobster is it? A reef lobster (like a purple lobster) or a regular food lobster?

[nitronick]

It would be just a lobster that you would get at the store.

[cumminz]

Interesting...

[daugherty]

they need cold cold water i think about 60 or less but i am not shure about how cold of water

[Altohombre]

I have never seen lobsters at the store be very active. I am guessing you would need a larger tank. At restaurants they just cram them in because they aren't in there very long.

[nitronick]

What size tank do you think would be suitable?

[RyanG]

I really dont think that you would have good success with a coldwater lobster. It would be very difficult to keep the water cold enough for them. If you like similar creatures maybe a blue reef lobster would be up your alley but I dont think that a 12 gal nano would be suitable for it either, sorry. Another option for a similar type of animal would be a Mantis shrimp and the 12 nano would be a great species tank for one of those cool little demons. You just wont be able to keep much else with it other than his food they are nasty little predators.

[daugherty]

i use to take care of the lobster tank at redlobster here in town whwn i worked for them and that water would make your arm go numb just from cleaning it that is hoiw cold it was

[Bifferwine]

Yeah, a 12 gallon tank wouldn't be large enough for a lobster. How would you keep the water that cold anyways, would a chiller even work that cold?

I'm usually a pretty good googler. But I could not find one thing online that talked about how to keep a lobster for anything else than eating! Sorry...