[b]sally lightfoots[/b]

[sandmanrieast]

are these guys known to eat coraline algie ?

 

[Anonymous]

I don't think so. Is there one in the picture somewhere?

 

[Anonymous]

yeah, i was wondering the same thing, dan.

 

[sandmanrieast]

but I know the little bastard is eating my coraline algie...I bought two the other day and one has big claws..every where he is the rock is turning white ...hes not gently picking off algie...hes a brewt....what a monster....
I tryed to net him this morning...no good......Im thinking about bying a fish that will eat him....any suggestions????????
or am I going about this the wrong way?

 

[Anonymous]

You're going about it the wrong way. Set a trap in a glass jar set so he can't get back out.

Then, research what you put in that gorgeous tank FIRST - the Sally Lightfoot crab is, to the best of my knowledge, at LEAST three different species of crab, two of the three get outrageously huge and destructive. Even the smallest of the three isn't such a charmer.

 

[Aff]

In another post you asked about getting rid of red slime. If the sally is eating the slime then the rock underneath will be white.

Ya could also try feeding it something. Most of the sallys I've had can be hand fed.

 

[Anonymous]

You know, if you have bright lights, halides specifically, the corraline will all turn a whitish gray fairly soon anyway. In my tank the corraline is only purple on the bottoms of the rocks or in shaded areas. It still grows on the walls etc, it just aint purple.