Debelius' Reef Lobster problems!

LobsterMan · 01/13/2009, 05:23 PM

I need some advice on how to get rid of my Debelius' Reef Lobster because he has killed 2 peppermint shrimp, 1 scarlet skunk cleaner shrimp, a blood red fire shrimp, and a yellowhead jawfish. So if anyone has any suggestions on how to remove him or tame him please reply.

yiliyang · 01/14/2009, 10:39 AM

build a trap for it. I think the easiest approach is to bury a Gatorade bottle to your sand bed so the opening is at sand surface level. Tie a fishing line to the mouth of the bottle first. Bait the trap with some table shrimp chunks and yank out the bottle when the lobster goes in.

Please don't kill the lobster. He is just trying to survive in your tank the best he could.

Yili

LobsterMan · 01/14/2009, 12:01 PM

Thanks for the ideas. Also I am not planning to kill him. Is what I am planning to do is to move him into my 75 gallon FOWLR when it is finished being setup.

Packersfan21 · 01/14/2009, 01:12 PM

I'd ask LobsterMan. He'll know what to do!

Sugar Magnolia · 01/14/2009, 01:20 PM

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Originally posted by Packersfan21
I'd ask LobsterMan. He'll know what to do!

I second the trap idea, should work for you.

LobsterMan · 01/14/2009, 06:04 PM

Thanks I will give it a try.

aromantis · 01/14/2009, 06:45 PM

You could try feeding him more often to keep him full. Then he might just leave them alone. Although I don't know how effective that would be.

LobsterMan · 01/15/2009, 03:22 PM

He feeds everyday, so I think I might just take him out.

LobsterMan · 01/15/2009, 03:23 PM

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Originally posted by Packersfan21
I'd ask LobsterMan. He'll know what to do!

HAHAHA very funny.

TheH · 01/15/2009, 07:52 PM

I'm not suprised he took out the shrimp. But the fish I didn't think he would.

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01/13/2009, 05:23 PM	#1
LobsterMan Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 221	Debelius' Reef Lobster problems! I need some advice on how to get rid of my Debelius' Reef Lobster because he has killed 2 peppermint shrimp, 1 scarlet skunk cleaner shrimp, a blood red fire shrimp, and a yellowhead jawfish. So if anyone has any suggestions on how to remove him or tame him please reply.

01/14/2009, 01:12 PM	#4
Packersfan21 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Wabash, IN Posts: 920	I'd ask LobsterMan. He'll know what to do! __________________ 90 gallon reef: 1 black ocellaris clown, 1 kole tang, 1 hippo tang, 1 mimic tang,1 leopard wrasse, 1 chromis, 75 gallon FOWLR: 1 blue-spotted puffer, 1 flame angel, 1 snowflake eel Current Tank Info: 90 gallon reef and 75 gallon FOWLR

01/14/2009, 06:45 PM	#7
aromantis Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: West Hartford,CT Posts: 126	You could try feeding him more often to keep him full. Then he might just leave them alone. Although I don't know how effective that would be. __________________ "Violence breeds violence, you are no peacekeepers." "We're fighting for freedom!" "And freedom and peace require fear and death?" Current Tank Info: 20 gallon mantis tank(P. ciliata), w/coral and chaeto

01/14/2009, 10:39 AM	#2
yiliyang Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: 07840 Posts: 191	build a trap for it. I think the easiest approach is to bury a Gatorade bottle to your sand bed so the opening is at sand surface level. Tie a fishing line to the mouth of the bottle first. Bait the trap with some table shrimp chunks and yank out the bottle when the lobster goes in. Please don't kill the lobster. He is just trying to survive in your tank the best he could. Yili

01/14/2009, 12:01 PM	#3
LobsterMan Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 221	Thanks for the ideas. Also I am not planning to kill him. Is what I am planning to do is to move him into my 75 gallon FOWLR when it is finished being setup.

01/14/2009, 06:04 PM	#6
LobsterMan Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 221	Thanks I will give it a try.

01/15/2009, 03:22 PM	#8
LobsterMan Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 221	He feeds everyday, so I think I might just take him out.

01/15/2009, 07:52 PM	#10
TheH Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Bellevue, WA Posts: 1,278	I'm not suprised he took out the shrimp. But the fish I didn't think he would.