[fishbguy]

the rainbows should be fine. they will eat rainbow size fish but only if they can catch them. so slow fish are out. the rainbows, i think, would be fine. they are not going to hunt the fish down.

i would not go with a planted tank with them. I've never owned a lobster before, just crayfish, and IME, they will eat plants. you could try it with some cheap live plants for starters just to see. If you provide them with a cave or some drift wood that they can hide in and under, they shouldn't bury them selves elsewhere.

i can't think of any algae eaters ATM. i would prolly try larger fish that aren't slow swimmers. SAE, CAE, and flying foxes come to mind. as do BNP's cause of their "armor" so it might protect them.

How big of a tank are youplanning on? that would help with algae eaters for the tank.

Andrew