Mandinga Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 I was just watching my sally lightfoot eat the flesh from some of my choice acans. oh happy day. I have lost a couple colonies recently and I couldnt figure out why.... And, before you suggest that the crab was just eating the algae from in between the acans...the acans are CLEAN...and i saw flesh being torn. s$%# $%##@ $$%^^^ #$@%$ #%#@% I hope he likes interceptor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-Dog Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Sorry to hear that Isaac.....I'm kinda glad I don't have one now (naughty) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanktop74 Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 See... nothing is totally reef safe!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefnjunkie Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Shall I heat some drawn butter- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 My Mantis shrimp is hungry !That's why I have not bought an emerald crab for the sps tank. We have a huge bubble algae but it's not bothering anything and I'm afraid the crab would. Claws and reefs rarely mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandinga Posted July 27, 2011 Author Share Posted July 27, 2011 Start boiling the water. Or...maybe I could get a mantis...he'd eat Sally...and all my fish and other inverts. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePremiumAquarium Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Don't you blaim your poor sally light foot! You know I am an invert guy and just can't stand it when people blame harmless crabs He couldn't have possibly been that evil unless the demon living in my old crab found it's way to your tank. If so you may want to call a priest... Here is the story... ...I once had a red eye'd sally come in(8-9" from leg to leg). I couldn't help but see the devil in him all the time. I think he may have actually been possessed as I watch him eat up pretty much any LPS he could get his pitchfork claws in to. Needless to say, he became friends with both a pair of plyers and a hammer. I am pretty sure he killed several fish as well though I only caught him eating them after they were on the sandbed so it's hard to say. All things reef safe have their exceptions. I have seen sally's, emeralds, hermits, peppermint and cleaner shrimp, carnivorus snails that were supposed to be reef safe, all sorts of evil fish, and even some evil corals all do things that give a bad name to the bulk of their species. I guess some of our inmates just never learn to get along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandinga Posted July 27, 2011 Author Share Posted July 27, 2011 Garrett, I think this sally lightfoot is malnourished and went rouge. When I brought her in, the tank had LOTS of algae to eat. She gobbled it all up, and now I think she is just trying to fill her belly. I have had many sallys and never had an issue. I will probably get another one when the algae builds back up. Awesome little cleaners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnkrcklives Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 My mantis is hungry as well. If you are going to get rid of it, let me know I will pick up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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