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Crab and lobster tanks

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#1 ·
Am I able to put live tanks directly in my fridge on metro shelving to save on the cost of the cooling unit i know it would need to be salt water
 
#2 ·
Playing real loose with the math, a 30 gallon (25 gallon imperial) tank with water will weigh 250# (114 kg). Will the shelves support that? Not to mention weight of lobsters, crabs, etc; plus 30 gallon is miniscule.
 
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You want a tank with a lot of water, and real serious filtration. Realize now what you have if you skimp on the size and gallonage. Lobsters and/or crabs living in their own waste. That is why you want lots of gallons and serious filtration. People that are paying the $$$ for live seafood know these these things. 
 
#9 ·
How are you using them. It would be crazy to get a tank for that usage. What type of vendor do you use for your fresh fish? How fresh are the lobsters when you get them? If they are fresh,alive and kicking they can live for days in walkin stored in sea weed and damp paper bags. 
 
#10 ·
We get them directly from Taylor shellfish always feisty and alive we use the crab and lobster in a lousianna style boil and in cioppino the left over lobster meat we pull out of the shell use in mac and use all the shells for stock would like to add to the menu steamed crab or lobster but only want to do that if I can do it from fresh
 
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