sally lightfoots

**Venaman** · 02-18-2002, 09:52 PM

in terms of assimilation and care and hardiness
are they similar to hermits?
also will something like a hermit kill or harm it in any way?

thanks

**Iron Crab** · 02-19-2002, 08:21 AM

I've had one for about three years now. Very easy to keep. Mine has gone from about an over all length of an inch to almost 4 inches. Never has caused problems with anything. When I first got it with it being so small it hid alot- now it is always in view. I have just started to add corals in the last two months but so far the sally has shown no interest in them. I doubt if a hermit or anything will harm it . They are quite fast. It is one of the longest living crabs I've had.

Bill

**Venaman** · 02-19-2002, 04:03 PM

thats weird. . cuz i look in my friends tank and he has a good tank and he assimilated properly, and everything . . .
than all of the sudden we saw what looked a dead sally. ..
it kind of looked smaller and had some legs missing. .

weird
thanks

**organicreefer** · 02-19-2002, 08:01 PM

sounds like a molt to me;)

**Venaman** · 02-19-2002, 08:50 PM

see thats what i was thinking. .but i wasnt sure if they molt, and i didnt want to ask in fear of a huge "NO"
ok. .. cuz the "molt" felt like it was sort of solid. .
like it felt weird. .
hopefully its a molt

**Iron Crab** · 02-20-2002, 01:16 PM

Venaman,
It's hard to tell sometimes. One morning before work I glanced in my tank and saw my sally upside down. I grabbed it out and was sure it was dead. I gave it a toss while getting into my car and when I got home that evening it was sitting in my tank. I guess the molted shell had filled with water and gave it some weight.
It has molted more times than I can remember and it always looked and felt like a dead crab.
If you have kids. Glue the shell on a piece of cardboard and let it dry out. Makes a great "Show and Tell". ;)

**organicreefer** · 02-20-2002, 01:21 PM

ironcrab, do you have any small fishes?i really like sally's ,but i had one that ate three fish,since then i dont keep them,ive been thinking of gettin some small ones and just keeping an eye on them,probly remove them within a few months or so.....they cant be trusted when they get big ime.
they are the most active /outgoing crabs that ive had i like that

**Iron Crab** · 02-20-2002, 01:39 PM

Org,
I have 1 damsel, 1 clownfish, 1 lawnmower blenny and a foxface. In the smaller tank - the sally started to get aggressive towards my fish but in the bigger tank- no problems. I also have some peppermints and a cleaner. The sally spends most of it's time digging around in the sand and eating algea. I don't think I lost anything because of the sally. I had an arrowcrab and when it got big it was bad news for just about everything. Bill

**Venaman** · 02-20-2002, 02:13 PM

hehe kids
i am the kid. .
ya i just have the sally as im starting up, and once my tank looks like its safe from nuisance algae for a while than i will take it out whenver i can

**organicreefer** · 02-20-2002, 03:57 PM

you may notice it "climbing the glass" (or trying to

)at night,as if its in a trance or sleepwalking or something.they are very easy to remove at this time,just net em out.hth someday;)

**Venaman** · 02-20-2002, 04:32 PM

ya man thanks. . .
ill look out for that as soon as i feel its getting to big for the tank

thanks

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