Sally lightfoot eats fish?

[danelam]

I'm about to take two little false perculas out of QT and put them in display in about a week. In my currently fishless tank there is a sally lightfoot as well as a coral banded shrimp and serpent star. Some people say sally lightfoots eat small fish. What have your experiences been with these crabs? I'm thinking of removing it.:sigh:

 

[noodleman]

i used to have 4 sallys in my 30gal, never touched a fish

 

[marki24]

I guess if they get big enough they can.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

My satan lightfoot once it reached maturity would hunt and kill fish quite often. Stay clear of them. Once they get mature your fish are meals.

 

[inkblue]

mine too hate tHat name!! who's saLLY?

 

[e.muehlbauer]

I gave up on sally lightfoots after I saw one eat a newly added firefish.....They are very aggressive.

 

[noodleman]

now adopting sally's

 

[danelam]

mmm...there seems to be mixed feelings about the little fellas. I guess maybe they all have different personalities?!? It's going to be a hard job catching it anyhow --- maybe an anemone will help protect the clowns

 

[HaloStalker]

Halox

wow really? i had alot of sallys and i even hand small fish and inverts in the same tank with big ones and i never had one incident, all they do is work over time picking the rockz quickly from algae, they r hard workers i like them, maybe if ur tank isn't mature enough to have them?

 

[Jeff D]

Sally lightfoot

There is no question in my mind,Sally lightfoots will eat you small fish ! I lost 3 christmas wrasses in 1 month ,in my 90 gal !!
STAY AWAY, Unless you have alot of $$$$$$$$

 

[danelam]

ok...anyone recommend how to catch the little buggers?

 

[Jeff D]

Sally lightfoot

The only way I found was to Take my tank apart !!!!!!!! SORRY

 

[cali_reef]

There is no question in my mind,Sally lightfoots will eat you small fish ! I lost 3 christmas wrasses in 1 month ,in my 90 gal !!
STAY AWAY, Unless you have alot of $$$$$$$$

All most all wrasses are easy picking for any kind of crabs when they are asleep in a rock hole.

I find hard to believe sally light foots can catch and eat a healthy fish from the open ware column, must be some quick crab claws.:lol2:

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Actually Pierce, I watched mine hunt down and catch very healthy fish at nite and kill them. They can move very quickly.

 

[cali_reef]

You must have a bunch deep-sleeping fishes .

I had about 6 sally light foots in my wife's old 46 bow front, I never noticed any of the clowns, tang, and gobies get eaten.

 

[marki24]

There is no question in my mind,Sally lightfoots will eat you small fish ! I lost 3 christmas wrasses in 1 month ,in my 90 gal !!
STAY AWAY, Unless you have alot of $$$$$$$$

forget about the $$ just save the fish :teeth:

 

[SIReefer]

With this many bad experiences from fellow reefers I would steer clear of them. I had 2 in my old 55 gal reef tank. When small they were no problem but when they got larger they became more agressive. The same held true for my CB shrimps. I no longer keep either of these species in my tank anymore.

 

[Awibrandy]

With this many bad experiences from fellow reefers I would steer clear of them. I had 2 in my old 55 gal reef tank. When small they were no problem but when they got larger they became more agressive. The same held true for my CB shrimps. I no longer keep either of these species in my tank anymore.

I agree! I also don't keep either of the two for the same reasons.

 

[e.muehlbauer]

They don't catch fish from the open water column...they get them when they hide in the rocks.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

They lunge at and catch fish "Larger ones will tear apart anemones and corals for their gut contents"

http://www.amazon.com/dp/1890087661/?tag=reefs04-20

From the above book. And personal experience.

Buy the book and read it it is a great ref to have.