Mustafa wrote:Ecir wrote:the LFS here in town actually just brought in a group of 3 Electric Blue Lobsters, and although they do look like the picture posted the color is much more impressive in person, various shades of metallic blue, awsome looking.
Ecir
Your electric blue "lobsters" are most likely Procambarus alleni, a crayfish. Totally different animal. These macro on the pic is very unlikely to show up in a local fish store.
We actually have a few pairs at the store that I work at, so it's possible that they are available at other LFS as well. though, according to our whole-seller we are one of the very few. For the integrity of the forum I will not give the store name.
We had a costumer who bought a pair, and I would like to give him some info on them if I can. if I can some feedback that would be great.
They grow about 4 inchs?
They may be on the aggressive side, but are probably fine with large, fast moving, fish like a giant danios?
He adds the recommended dosage on the container of salt for "stress reduction" for a 100 gal, but he has a 240 gal. should he add more or is that enough for the adults?
I'm not sure what to tell him about breeding. I have never raised shrimp that need to be transferred to salt water to grow. How do you do this? Do you transfer the female while she is holding the eggs? How does acclimation work? Do you use a drip method or are they not overly sensitive to salinity changes? And should the level be .023 like a typical salt water, or would a little lower, say .018, be recommended?
Lastly, are the larva overly sensitive, like I have heard ghost can be. Some say that they can die from hitting the glass wall of a tank.