sally ligthfoot crab

pom xenia · 01/05/2007, 02:42 PM

Hey,
Any have any thoughs on sally ligthfoot crabs.

BiggySmalls · 01/05/2007, 03:36 PM

sometimes can be aggressive

i had one but my dwarf hermit crabs took its legs off when it was sleeping

ronjeremy · 01/05/2007, 04:10 PM

i had one that kept attacking fish!!!!! two damsels disappeared without a trace..a hippo died..i found it with strange cuts on it..i got a new hippo and just happened to walk by ..i saw the crab leap towards the hippo and scratch its' side pretty bad... i am against keeping them now!!

mistermikev · 01/05/2007, 04:22 PM

I have one and he went from tiny to huge in 3months. I have seen him jump at a few fish and he may have been the cause of a firefish jump-out. I do still love them though. So much character and the little flickering doodad. Beutiful color too. he seems to have calmed down now he is used to me feeding the tank( I overfeed + I have baby brine factory iin sump).

pom xenia · 01/06/2007, 06:33 AM

mine has not tried for my fish.i think it's because i feed a mix of flake,frozen baby brine,and live brine.

Michael7979 · 01/06/2007, 08:31 AM

In my experiences they are EVIL!

BiggySmalls · 01/06/2007, 09:18 AM

yeah but mine calmed down and was ambushed in his sleep by dwarf hermits

they took all but 3 legs on one side and his 2 pinchers
i put him in quarantine and he live for a week but he couldnt live like that withouit being able to move

BiggySmalls · 01/06/2007, 09:20 AM

mistermikev

when you say HUGE how big are you talking about

jab502 · 01/06/2007, 10:51 AM

I have 5 of them in my reef and they are fine. Have never bothered anything. I have had them for about 7 months.

BiggySmalls · 01/06/2007, 11:16 AM

how big are they

SCR · 01/06/2007, 11:58 AM

The one that I have is 5" across. I measured his old body when he molted.

acrouse · 01/06/2007, 12:01 PM

LFS has one they cant get out of tank- approx 6" and they said theirs is starting to bother some of their corals and has eaten many of the smaller fish.

mistermikev · 01/07/2007, 05:15 PM

Mine was what I would consider huge with a wingspan of about 5in. For the most part he is pretty mellow nowadays but every now and then when a fish gets too close he does a "lunge".

01/05/2007, 02:42 PM	#1
pom xenia Premium Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: logansport/IN Posts: 50	sally ligthfoot crab Hey, Any have any thoughs on sally ligthfoot crabs.

01/05/2007, 04:22 PM	#4
mistermikev Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Glendale, AZ Posts: 790	I have one and he went from tiny to huge in 3months. I have seen him jump at a few fish and he may have been the cause of a firefish jump-out. I do still love them though. So much character and the little flickering doodad. Beutiful color too. he seems to have calmed down now he is used to me feeding the tank( I overfeed + I have baby brine factory iin sump). __________________ "There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production... Too weird to live, and too rare to die." "A drink... for all my friends!" Current Tank Info: 75gal mixed reef + 20gal sump w/ 2 * 175w halides, 2 * 95w vhos, 1* 50w no, led moonlighting, cs220, maxijet 1200s/sureflos, hang on refuge, deep sand bed...

01/06/2007, 06:33 AM	#5
pom xenia Premium Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: logansport/IN Posts: 50	mine has not tried for my fish.i think it's because i feed a mix of flake,frozen baby brine,and live brine. __________________ YellowGoby love that little fish Current Tank Info: 90 gal 40 gal sump

01/06/2007, 08:31 AM	#6
Michael7979 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Keizer,OR Posts: 923	In my experiences they are EVIL! __________________ MIKE THERE IS ALWAYS MORE TO LEARN!! 240 RE-build in progress!.....(slowly) Current Tank Info: 240g, 4- 400w Radiums on PFO HQI ballasts, 4- 110w VHO on IceCap 660 ballast, Euro-Reef Skimmer

01/07/2007, 05:15 PM	#13
mistermikev Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Glendale, AZ Posts: 790	Mine was what I would consider huge with a wingspan of about 5in. For the most part he is pretty mellow nowadays but every now and then when a fish gets too close he does a "lunge". __________________ "There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production... Too weird to live, and too rare to die." "A drink... for all my friends!" Current Tank Info: 75gal mixed reef + 20gal sump w/ 2 * 175w halides, 2 * 95w vhos, 1* 50w no, led moonlighting, cs220, maxijet 1200s/sureflos, hang on refuge, deep sand bed...

01/05/2007, 03:36 PM	#2
BiggySmalls Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: chi-town Posts: 1,315	sometimes can be aggressive i had one but my dwarf hermit crabs took its legs off when it was sleeping

01/05/2007, 04:10 PM	#3
ronjeremy Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Destin ,Fl Posts: 431	i had one that kept attacking fish!!!!! two damsels disappeared without a trace..a hippo died..i found it with strange cuts on it..i got a new hippo and just happened to walk by ..i saw the crab leap towards the hippo and scratch its' side pretty bad... i am against keeping them now!!

01/06/2007, 09:18 AM	#7
BiggySmalls Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: chi-town Posts: 1,315	yeah but mine calmed down and was ambushed in his sleep by dwarf hermits they took all but 3 legs on one side and his 2 pinchers i put him in quarantine and he live for a week but he couldnt live like that withouit being able to move

01/06/2007, 09:20 AM	#8
BiggySmalls Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: chi-town Posts: 1,315	mistermikev when you say HUGE how big are you talking about

01/06/2007, 10:51 AM	#9
jab502 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 157	I have 5 of them in my reef and they are fine. Have never bothered anything. I have had them for about 7 months.

01/06/2007, 11:16 AM	#10
BiggySmalls Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: chi-town Posts: 1,315	how big are they

01/06/2007, 11:58 AM	#11
SCR Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Central, Fl Posts: 708	The one that I have is 5" across. I measured his old body when he molted.

01/06/2007, 12:01 PM	#12
acrouse Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ackworth Posts: 473	LFS has one they cant get out of tank- approx 6" and they said theirs is starting to bother some of their corals and has eaten many of the smaller fish.