Blue Lobster / Crayfish

**louislkl** · 2nd Jul 2009, 12:55

Hi , lucky me just got 2 female pregnant blue lobster , I cant find much infomations on these lobsters ... Does anyone out here care to share any info with me ... One of them has drop yesterday already but some just died off not long after ...

Please share , water para , tank setup , food , do i need to seperate mum from babies , do i need to seperate both female ?

Thanks in advance ...
Please advise ~~

**lucasjiang** · 2nd Jul 2009, 16:04

it would be better to separate both females, if not, they may fight with each other or eat each others babies

You MUST separate the babies from the mum. the mum will eat the babies.

pH recommended above 7, for food, i think any food will do, i feed mine flakes.

Provide lots of waterplants for the babies to eat and hide in.

By the way, how big is your tank? it is recommended that your tank is at least 2 feet.

**louislkl** · 2nd Jul 2009, 16:09

Thanks alot for the infomations there ... Mine is a 2ft tank ... Its a bare tank with a log and sponge filter , no sand ... Can ferns on wood good for them ?

But currently the mother still holding on to alot of babies ... so what should i do ? Take out the babies one by one ?

**lucasjiang** · 3rd Jul 2009, 10:49

no, pls dont take out the babies, wait for the babies to leave the mother by themselves. For plants, i would suggest some bushy plants, like javamoss. Personally, i would use hornwort.

**louislkl** · 3rd Jul 2009, 11:18

Icic , hornwort is to tied on anything or leave them floating around ... i have a handful of hornwort currently ...

I mean of taking out the babies is those are already crawling around , those need to be taken out ?

URGENT HELP
One of the female died on me yesterday night with all the ferterlized eggs still attached ... Last night , i cut out the eggs as in one bunch one bunch and breeding them like how i used to hatch brineshrimps in the past ... when i cut them out , i still can see them still moving ... their eyes and some claws have devoloped already .... pls advised on what should i do before all died on me ...

**lucasjiang** · 3rd Jul 2009, 15:15

i am not so sure, but i think you can do it the way people artificially hatch shrimp eggs.

If i am right, you put the eggs in a breeder box and hang the box on the wall of the aquarium. try to have a weak current, and remove eggs that have fungus.

Regarding separating the mother, you can wait until all the babies are hatched then separate.

**louislkl** · 3rd Jul 2009, 16:22

Icic ... sad seems like i having very little hope regarding getting them alive ... haix ~~

**tdijack** · 3rd Jul 2009, 22:24

Dont worry too much I had 300eggs hatch 1/2yr ago on my blue lobster. About 100+ survive. You must let them come out by themselve, if left 10 to 20% on my mum, just tk the mum out and she will flick and the baby will come out. Remember to seperate them, this is important as the mum will eat them. My previous batch is eaten up!!! Change water a few day as the bioload is heavy with so many baby.

**louislkl** · 4th Jul 2009, 11:13

Originally Posted by tdijack

Dont worry too much I had 300eggs hatch 1/2yr ago on my blue lobster. About 100+ survive. You must let them come out by themselve, if left 10 to 20% on my mum, just tk the mum out and she will flick and the baby will come out. Remember to seperate them, this is important as the mum will eat them. My previous batch is eaten up!!! Change water a few day as the bioload is heavy with so many baby.

Icic , Thanks for the info there ... But its been a week , how long should i wait ? seems like more are on the mum's belly ... How to water change ? i tried changing once on the intial part and all the babies which pop , all died ... WAhahaa ... i dare not do any water change now ... BTW , this is for the mum who's still alive and kicking ...

As for the dead mum , Still trying to save the eggs man ... Hoping that any pros in lobster , please help in my saving the eggs project ...

**tdijack** · 4th Jul 2009, 14:52

Have the eggs form to baby lobster shape? If yes then very soon they will be leave the mum, in 1wk time. If no, then about 3wk. Depending on the water temp and is it the 1st time the mum pregnant. If 1st time then it will take longer. If not then very fast. BUT if you have a 1feet or 2feet tank, it should not disturb too much when you change water. Do a 20 to 30% change of water every week then...

**louislkl** · 4th Jul 2009, 20:16

Originally Posted by tdijack

Have the eggs form to baby lobster shape? If yes then very soon they will be leave the mum, in 1wk time. If no, then about 3wk. Depending on the water temp and is it the 1st time the mum pregnant. If 1st time then it will take longer. If not then very fast. BUT if you have a 1feet or 2feet tank, it should not disturb too much when you change water. Do a 20 to 30% change of water every week then...

This is for the mum who is still alive ... yes the babies have form its shape and crawling on and off the mum ... Regarding if the mum is a first timer or not , i really do not know as you can see on my first post i bought it when i saw its berried ... What is water temp should be at ... ? should i add a heater into the tank ... ?

This is for the dead mum , only left with eggs ... the yolk is still visble but i can see small heads and legs moving ... but the orange part is quite obvious ...

PLEASE any pros with knowledge of lobster , help me ... I need to hear more opinene so i can make my choice .... HELP ~~~

**louislkl** · 8th Jul 2009, 16:55

Thanks everyone up there for your advise ... All babies had been drop and died ... Haix ... Do not know the real reasons but ... everything's too late ... manage to save a few ( less then 20 pcs ) and may the rest of the 200+ pcs RIP ...