is Debelius reef lobster safe for fishes?

[cyro]

i got 2 Debelius reef lobster / Enoplometopus debelius for 1 year. they are totally peaceful and reef safe. but my 1 sixline wrasse and 1 yellow watchman was lost before. i m not sure but some sources says they can eat fishes.
what do you think about? are they killing fishes?

 

[mr_X]

a good rule of thumb is- anything that looks predatory(big scary claws) probably is.
i have no doubt that a reef lobster can, and most likely will grab sleeping fishes if they are small enough.

 

[cyro]

thank you..

The Reef Lobster is described as peaceful, and it will ignore sleeping Wrasses or healthy fish within the aquarium. Caution must be taken when incorporating into a reef aquarium, as it may harm small fish and invertebrates. All Reef Lobsters are very territorial and aggressive towards each other, so only one specimen, or a mated pair should be kept per tank.

mostly sources says this. but i m not sure. for example i got 2, they are not mated. but they are peaceful to eachother. and i dont know my wrasse and goby losts because i got a dottyback that very aggresive and he could be kill them.

i am asking to be sure, cause i wanna a new gobbies and wrasses :roll:

 

[mr_X]

a friend of mine has one too...he swears it's fine. however, he loses a fish every once in a while, and he has no idea where/who/how. i think it's mr. Claws :wink:

 

[Len]

Lobsters are all opportunistic. Usually, they won't predate fish. But if they get a chance to, they wouldn't pass up on the offer. I've seen other tropical lobsters catch small gobies.

 

[cindre2000]

How about slipper lobsters? Are they reef safe? I have read that some species are known to eat clams is there a simple way to identify them?