Sallylightfoot in a reef

[ninjamini]

Are sallylightfoot crabs reef safe?

 

[fedukeford]

some are , some arnt, after haveing my sally in my reef for 6+ months with no problems she got a taste for corals

now i have to find out some way to get it out....

 

[ninjamini]

Yea thats what I was afraid of!

 

[psusocr1]

mines fine and shes HUGE

 

[shnabbles]

Mine eats algae all day long, doesnt touch any of the corals.

 

[teviesfish]

i just got one.. small still and its been around my corals but not to much and i havent seen any thing eating them at all. IF she does get bi&%$y and start the buffet of my $700.00 worth of corals she is O U T that is OUT!!! already showed her the plan of action.. LONG PINCHING TONGS BABY SO BEHAVE!!!

 

[hemicj]

im pretty sure there ok i havnt had problems. and my lfs has one in his show tank thats like 8-9inches big (with legs) and he has no problems. i will say they can knock unglued corals over. great for algea control

 

[dragonboy]

I never had any problems with them but they do at times craw on corals but most of the time their just eatting algae.

 

[slayer]

i've never had a problem with mine yet but i would hate to have to remove her cuz they're fast

 

[bchbum189]

no problems here, and mines gotten big also

 

[saltn00b]

i have no problems with mine, but they have been known to eat small fish when they get large enough

 

[isistius]

i have 2 in my 135. no problems here. great algea control. voracious algea eaters.

 

[sea slug]

when they get big they might start eating things AKA:
ornamental shrimp, coral, little sleeping fishies...etc

 

[dragonboy]

I have more of a problem with my emerald crab than my sally lightfoot it starting to pick on my xenia corals.