You essentially want a salt-water aquarium. They're difficult and expensive to maintain, but the internet is loaded with information about them. This is the absolute minimum and for success the water changes may need to be more frequent That's a whole lotta of water.
The lobsters you see in most grocery stores in the USA will be Homarus americanus. You will definitely need need to attach a chiller to your tank. Also, lobsters are essentially scavengers in the wild, and not too particular about what they eat.
Any meaty fish food intended for saltwater animals should suffice, such as silversides or krill. Variety helps. I am guessing you will need a tank at least three times the size of the adult animal as a minimum, but you should get the largest tank you can afford. I am certain the lobster would like some sort of refuge.
A large terracotta flower pot on its side might work. What do I do with shrimp paste? Newer ». This thread is closed to new comments. Tags pets. In order to ensure that your lobsters survive, the tank to keep your pets should be equipped with a working chiller as you need to maintain the water temperature at the lower range, at least below 15 deg Celsius.
Try to avoid putting your juvenile lobsters into tiny cramp space because they are known to show aggression when confined in this condition and will fight until they get injured or lost their limbs. I had mine kept in an gallon tank before I upgraded to gallon because the bigger one was constantly picking on the smaller lobster.
The tank facility need not be something which is high tech and a simple setup equipped with a sump system and a protein skimmer should be sufficient. Thus just make sure that you feed the right amount of foods enough for their daily needs. Lobsters are not picky eaters and they will accept anything that you give to them as foods like chopped fish meat, market prawns or even shellfish will be fine. In the wild, they will eat just about anything like small fish which they are capable to catch on their own, sea urchins, clams, shrimps , starfish and whatever they could scavenge.
Although they have very bad eyesight, they actually could locate their foods using the antenna which works like a bio sensor or receptor to pick up the chemical agent present in the water. Like all crustaceans, in order for them to continue growing they will need to molt leaving the eerie-looking empty exoskeleton behind. The aquarium's footprint should measure 2. For spiny and rock lobsters, this translates to an aquarium of at least 75 to gallons for most species.
However, smaller reef lobsters can thrive in an aquarium as small as 5. When setting up the aquarium, make sure it has plenty of hiding places so the lobster feels secure. Again, different types of lobsters have different requirements.
Spiny and rock lobsters usually need display aquariums of their own. They will eat pretty much anything else you add to their aquarium. However, reef lobsters have less complications. They may pick on some invertebrates like smaller crustaceans but generally leave sessile invertebrates like corals alone. In general, you will need a pump to circulate the water, a refrigeration unit to keep the water at 40 to 45 degrees Fahrenheit, a filter to remove insoluble matter from the tank through the use of carbon bags and a bio wheel to remove ammonia and nitrate, harmful substances that can kill lobsters.
Prepare saltwater, using 30 to 35 grams of commercial marine salt mix per liter of fresh tap water, in a separate, clean container. Add a layer of sand substrate to the bottom of the tank, use the prepared saltwater to fill the tank until it reaches 2 inches from the top and add live rock to begin building an ecosystem. After operating the tank for several days to a week, use pH, nitrate and ammonia test strips to test the levels in your tank.
When the tank reaches the proper pH level of 6. Inspect new lobsters before introducing them to the tank. Lobsters should have hard shells, be free from cracks and their antennae should be long with no signs of injury. Return weak or damaged lobsters to the store. Do not put them in the tank. Dip new lobsters in a separate container of saltwater taken from the tank and agitate, or purge, them before adding them to the tank.
Purging, which should last a few seconds to 1 minute, expels waste and undigested food from the lobster's internal system and removes debris from the animal's body, keeping your tank clean and healthy.
Balance the amount of bacteria in the tank by keeping the load levels consistent.
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