sally lightfoot
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vermillion
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Could have been dead, my sally has never bothered anything, that I know of anyway.
pufferlover
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vince; they will eat anything that is available and dead so consider it as a clean up crew for dead residents. I do now feed my sally a piece of krill or silversides (on a feeding stick) every couple of days and it is quite happy to get it. It is almost as much fun as feeding my eels.
keitho
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hey man...
just make sure the sally lightfoot wasnt munching on the molted remains of a hermit. hermits that are growing molt frequently, leaving behind a "corpse" that looks like the hermit is dead. i'm sure this "corpse" has some nutritional value as i have seen my emerald crabs, shrimps, and other hermits scavenging it for whatever nutritional value it may have. more than likely, it's just a castoff shell of a hermit and not really the hermit...hope this helps......
just make sure the sally lightfoot wasnt munching on the molted remains of a hermit. hermits that are growing molt frequently, leaving behind a "corpse" that looks like the hermit is dead. i'm sure this "corpse" has some nutritional value as i have seen my emerald crabs, shrimps, and other hermits scavenging it for whatever nutritional value it may have. more than likely, it's just a castoff shell of a hermit and not really the hermit...hope this helps......
dad
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yep, keitho is right. It may be just molten.(I hope this is the right (terminology). sorry, cannot spell.
Another issue is how large is the hermit?
A large red legged hermit is very aggresive and will kill! I'm just guessing that it is small and nothing to worry about though.
If it is smaller than a nickle or so, you are just seeing the normal things that goes on in a reef tank.
Another issue is how large is the hermit?
A large red legged hermit is very aggresive and will kill! I'm just guessing that it is small and nothing to worry about though.
If it is smaller than a nickle or so, you are just seeing the normal things that goes on in a reef tank.
total
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I had 4 sallys in my 55 and they did great. Then one day I found the larger one eating a smaller one. At first I thought it was eating a molted shell then I saw the molted shell trying to get away. Thats when I knew he was a canibal. Then I was down to two.
These two lived in harmony for about a month and I thought they might be paired, becouse they never atacked each other. So I got 3 more. And today I have still have all 5 in the tank. When I asked the LFS guy about it, he said that they only eat algae. Now I know not to ask that guy anything else, becouse when I feed the fish the brine the sallys go nuts trying to catch the brine floating around. They will spring throught the water trying get the brine. It is a very funny sight to see. So IMO; Yes he could of killed it for food. Good luck
TTFN
These two lived in harmony for about a month and I thought they might be paired, becouse they never atacked each other. So I got 3 more. And today I have still have all 5 in the tank. When I asked the LFS guy about it, he said that they only eat algae. Now I know not to ask that guy anything else, becouse when I feed the fish the brine the sallys go nuts trying to catch the brine floating around. They will spring throught the water trying get the brine. It is a very funny sight to see. So IMO; Yes he could of killed it for food. Good luck
TTFN