Small slipper lobster reef safe?

[Flatearth]

Has anyone had these small slipper lobsters? These guys are super cute, but are they reef safe? I have coral, hermits, and various snails. Internet says they will eat clams(which I don't have) but otherwise just scavenge around. I know some species will grow huge ,but the LFS who is selling them says they will put it in their big display tank if it does.

 

[Cichlid Dad]

Slipper Lobster - Scyllarides sp. - Small

Slipper Lobsters (Scyllarides sp.) are wide and have flattened heads and specialized claws. They are reef safe, but are not recommended for such environments due to their digging habits and potential size. They are best housed singly in a large species tank. These lobsters are cooler water...

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[TheLandShark]

Has anyone had these small slipper lobsters? These guys are super cute, but are they reef safe? I have coral, hermits, and various snails. Internet says they will eat clams(which I don't have) but otherwise just scavenge around. I know some species will grow huge ,but the LFS who is selling them says they will put it in their big display tank if it does.

Idk but I found this

 

[musel101]

Has anyone had these small slipper lobsters? These guys are super cute, but are they reef safe? I have coral, hermits, and various snails. Internet says they will eat clams(which I don't have) but otherwise just scavenge around. I know some species will grow huge ,but the LFS who is selling them says they will put it in their big display tank if it does.

I don’t know do they taste any good?

 

[amarck]

If it has claws it breaks laws

 

[musel101]

If it has claws it breaks laws

And if it smells like salmon

 

[JonoH]

I don’t know do they taste any good?

Yes...
Used to take these when diving for Eastern Crays back when i lived in NSW.

 

[musel101]

Yes...
Used to take these when diving for Eastern Crays back when i lived in NSW.

Well, I don’t know if you can really do much of a dish with just one

 

[Steve and his Animals]

I've had one for like 6 months, she just wanders around and eats bits of meat. I also don't have any clams, but it's safe to assume they'd eat them unless they were small compared to the clam.

 

[JonoH]

Well, I don’t know if you can really do much of a dish with just one

We used to pull them out fairly large, they have a tail similar to normal lobster/crayfish.

 

[Gatorpa]

I don’t know do they taste any good?

They are better than spiny lobster.

As far as in a tank they get big and will burrow and destroy the tank.

 

[Aera]

Has anyone had these small slipper lobsters? These guys are super cute, but are they reef safe? I have coral, hermits, and various snails. Internet says they will eat clams(which I don't have) but otherwise just scavenge around. I know some species will grow huge ,but the LFS who is selling them says they will put it in their big display tank if it does.

it will eat the all you're corals and inverts and possibly fish but i dont know about sps ones, I had a Hawaiian Slipper Lobsters just ate my frogspawns recently.