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Daum's Reef Lobster (Enoplometopus daumi)
Daum's Reef Lobster
Please Note: Due to variations within species, your item may not look identical to the image provided. Approximate size range may also vary between individual specimen.
Please Note: Due to variations within species, your item may not look identical to the image provided. Approximate size range may also vary between individual specimen.
Daum's Reef Lobster (Enoplometopus daumi)
Additional locales and sizes may be available!
Additional locales and sizes may be available!

Quick Stats

Care Level Easy
Temperament Semi-aggressive
Diet Carnivore
Reef Compatible With Caution
Water Conditions 72-78° F, dKH 8-12, pH 8.1-8.4, sg 1.023-1.025
Supplements Calcium, Magnesium, Strontium, Iodine, Trace Elements
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Care Level Easy
Temperament Semi-aggressive
Diet Carnivore
Reef Compatible With Caution
Water Conditions 72-78° F, dKH 8-12, pH 8.1-8.4, sg 1.023-1.025
Supplements Calcium, Magnesium, Strontium, Iodine, Trace Elements
Compatibility View Chart
What do these Quick Stats mean? Click here for more information

Overview

The Daum's Reef Lobster has elongated, flat appendages that are used mostly for show. Its body is a vivid purple and orange color with red spotting over it.

While it prefers to roam at night, it will usually ignore sleeping Wrasses, but sometimes will bother invertebrates. It will need a good hiding place after it molts while it waits for its new exoskeleton to harden. The cave can be designed so that it can be seen during the day, but it will spend most of the daylight hours in its cave hiding from the light.

The Daum's Reef Lobster prefers an aquarium with live rock so that it can roam over the surface looking for food. It is extremely difficult to breed in captivity. To see its distinguishing characteristics which help differentiate it from its mate, look under its abdomen. It is sensitive to high levels of copper-based medications.

Approximate shipping size: 1-1/2" to 3"

Customer Testimonials

J W Franklin , TN
beautiful lobster, stays small and is almost always hidden in the rocks. Very shy. Problematic for fish. After adding him to the tank, i've lost 3 fish in 2 months...all of the smaller fish.
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