So, a lobster isn’t going to be a “pet” but more like, a familiar specimen that lives 100+ years.

You know? I don’t figure on the lobster looking forward to seeing me, or playing hide-and-seek, or doing tricks like roll over.

And there’s bound to be a lot of upkeep. I bet they eat a LOT to grow like they do when they’re small (Under 13-14″)

There are cases of Lobsters as Pets wherein people got a Maine Lobster and tossed it into a fish tank and lucked out, the lobster was “okay” with “pretty good” marine water and adapted to a warmer room. Lucky.

My plan is to build my own home made chiller. Use a big acrylic tank and provide the lobster with a place to hide. Full spectrum lighting on a relatively short daylength. I’mma BIOSEED the tank with stuff from a friend’s saltwater tank. Water changes will be gradual trickle feed every so often.

More as we go!

Doc Johnson

For what its worth the lobster in the picture, with the guy lowering it into a fish tank, well that lobster is a “goner” because it literally can’t live in tropical temperatures. You’re lucky if it can acclimate to room temperature. That lobster (if it lived long enough) would eat all the fish and destroy tank ornaments and “coral and live rock” in short order. They guy needs to remove the rubber bands.