One of my lobster had just died during his adventurous escape from the fish tank together with Mat Salamat while I was cleaning the tank. The lobster tank had lot's of uneaten food that had grown many white hair fungus around the left over hence needed to clean it totally.
Using a fish net, I had fished out almost a "tonne" of floating dead food that previously unseen to the naked eye. While I was "stirring" the net...Mat and Lobster #7 jumped out of the tank without me knowing and venture into the deep unknown of my living room.
After satisfied with my cleaning, I went to bath after a hard day work. My dad and aunt returned home shocked to see the biggest lobster "Mat" crawling in the kitchen!!! They say he had the "great escape" and promptly caught it and returned to the tank...however my lobster #7 is the smallest of them all was not noticed...by them.
I came out of the bathroom and went to the kitchen to deposit my dirty clothes only to feel a small squish below my leg...SHOCK!!!! Lobster #7!!!! It's flatten by me!! ARhhh!!! A feeling of yucky feeling spread with goosebumps spread through my body!!! ARHhhh...I went to the toilet and wash my leg throughly...only to come back to a pretty dead small lobster..on the ground.
Sadness and pity comes in waves...haiz. Not much of a sentimental type, I promptly put lobster #7 into the dustbin beside "ground zero" of his death place...haiz.
Now, I will have to really watch my cleaning regime and not let them escape again...the rest of the lobsters should still be inside hopefully.
Yes, I have 4 lobsters that I had caught at Little Guilin yesterday afternoon and one of them is nickname "Mat Salamat" the escape artist.
The first time it escaped is when I switch off the 55 Watts lights to the aquarium and I heard a "thud" sound under the table while I am there...and I bend down to see it crawling slowly to freedom...haha..quickly picked it up with my net and put it back to the aquarium.
Not knowing it's characteristic I didn't secure the top of the tank until later in the night just now...I went to inspect the tank and sure enough it's no longer inside.
I searched high and low for the lobster and eventually found it resting under my sofa!!How on earth? Ok, this time round I promptly covered the tank with a 2 feet glass and some orange translucent sheets that I had bought previously to prevent wild fishes from jumping out of the tank.
Two heavy object also placed on top of it and keeping my finger crossed...it will not jump out again. After researching online, I found out that they are famous escape artist and attack fishes at night when they sleep as well...gosh.. I think I need to take it out and put in a pail of water or something...sucks.
I hope the fishes can survive tonight...without being crawled to death in their sleep otherwise that lobster is going to see the frying pan tomorrow!! Hot Spicy Chili lobster anyone??!!
Ok, looks like I need another tank dedicated for it to roam and enjoy itself without hurting other fishes... not sure if lobster can breed... but the color is pretty nice. I will try to upload photos tomorrow....if I got time.
This is My Naughty "Mat Salamat" That escaped twice in a day!!
