2 Sallys?

[calvertbill]

I know you're only supposed to keep 1 per tank but I thought my Sally Lightfoot was dead so I bought a second one. Turns out that the first "corpse" was simply a shed shell and since I wasn't about to move 340 lbs. of LR, they both had to learn to coexist or kill each other off!
Since the tank is 10' wide 1 set up shop in the rocks on the left side of the tank and the other to the far right. Peace seemed to prevail.
Last night, however, I thought one might have killed the other since one was sitting atop the other (not a shed shell!). Later I'd seen they'd seperated so all seemed okay.
Can Sallys breed in captivity? I've never heard of it before.

 

[bang guy]

Yes, they will easily breed. Unfortulately the offspring are pelagic larvae and typically end up getting stuck in a filter or becomming food.

 

[shyfish]

Originally Posted by Calvertbill
http:///forum/post/2943374
I know you're only supposed to keep 1 per tank but I thought my Sally Lightfoot was dead so I bought a second one. Turns out that the first "corpse" was simply a shed shell and since I wasn't about to move 340 lbs. of LR, they both had to learn to coexist or kill each other off!
Since the tank is 10' wide 1 set up shop in the rocks on the left side of the tank and the other to the far right. Peace seemed to prevail.
Last night, however, I thought one might have killed the other since one was sitting atop the other (not a shed shell!). Later I'd seen they'd seperated so all seemed okay.
Can Sallys breed in captivity? I've never heard of it before.
Hi,
Why would you think only one Sally lightfoot per tank?? SWF discribes them as friendly and you can keep more than one in a tank. I have two.
They get along fine.

 

[calvertbill]

Originally Posted by Shyfish
http:///forum/post/2943898
Hi,
Why would you think only one Sally lightfoot per tank?? SWF discribes them as friendly and you can keep more than one in a tank. I have two.
They get along fine.
Don't know! Maybe because last year I was a complete newbie at this and I was trying to assimilate too much data in too short a period of time? I'm sure that the recesses of my head have similar errors! Could it have something to do with having multiple species (Sallys, Peppermints, Cleaners) in the same tank?
I've found that the Peps stay in the rockwork to the left and the Cleaners to the right and never mix!