My tank my choice, but need advice

[catera]

i recently got a green brittle and a cbs. now i want to get a crab what do people resommend i was going to get a sally lightfoot. can i get two? i was also thinking about a cucumber (2?) but will it be ok if my tank has only been up and running for 2 months. Can i get a serpent star to go along with the brittle or can i get another brittle. That should be it again my tank my choice just looking for an opinion.

 

[jakob4001]

you might want to skip on the sally;seems some peops have had probs w/ them w/ opther tankmates or corals...but then again most seem to be Ok w/ them...adding serpant star should be OK...why not add emerald crabs or scarlets...possibly a cleaner shrimp

 

[catera]

i am going to get some scarlets, but i was liking the emrald but i decided i like the sally more (not just green). i was thinking some pepermint shrimp and also thinking about the cleaners. but leaning more towards pepermint.

 

[sinner's girl]

CBS will eat the peppermint shrimp...a brittle and serpent can go together...we have both and have seen no problems...
The CBS didn't bother the Camelback Shrimp-maybe b/c it was bigger or he didn't like it, not sure.
But the CBS sure was fun to watch!

 

[fish for life.]

Yea, I have seen Sally's jump on fish, as far as the shrimp go I have a CBS, I also had 3 cleaner shrimp. Only one is left. So.... I think it was the CBS, I am not sure of the difference between pepermint and cleaner shimp anyone know???

 

[krusk]

say no to the sally light foot crab

 

[fishfood]

I've also heard some bad things about sally lightfoots, but got one probably a month ago. He doesn't touch any of my fish or other inverts. I was afraid he might. All day long he is picking at stuff on the rocks. I may even get another one soon. I like the cleaner shrimp and peppermints. Mine get along ok. Every once and a while when the peppermints get to close to the cleaner he chases them away. I'd be afraid of the CBS more so than a sally though from my experiences with them. I have also had 2 emeralds and i think the small one killed the big one and i haven't seen the small one now in like 2 weeks so don't now if he is alive.

 

[heavenly damsel]

I have a CB shrimp, a Peppermint shrimp, a Sally Lightfoot, 3 Emerald crabs, 20 Scarlet hermits, 20 blue leg hermits and snails...everyone gets along fine so far, Who gave the Sally the bad wrap?
I say go for the Sally, a;though the emeralds are interesting also. My favorite is the arrow crab, but I have seen them catch fish at the LFS,,,not in my tank.

 

[jakob4001]

our arrows NEVER bothered anything short of poking if something tried to take it's food or invaded it's space...if you do a search you will see that "some" peops have had "issues" w/ the sally lightfoot...sometimes you never know w/ inverts though <img src="graemlins//eek.gif" border="0" alt="[eek]" />