Are sally light foots harmful to other critters ?

[Shaemus]

I was wondering if sally lightfoot crabs are harmful to shrimp, snails, hermit crabs. I know that depends on the one you have, but in general are they. Also i heard they can harm small fish, are we talking about blue/green chromis size or clown goby size ?

Sincerely,

Shaemus

 

[mr_X]

not shrimp, snails, and hermits as far as i know, but i think my sally lightfoot crabs were responsible for the deaths of some small fish. i lost a spotted mandarin and a chromis to some predator, and i fingered the sally L. no deaths since the removal.

 

[Bojangles]

I agree with X. I had 5 in my tank for awhile and had 2 clowns mysteriously disappear. One crab was caught with the clown in his clutches, bad deal but awesome picture.