Someone eating crab legs!

[dinogeorge]

Hi everyone,
I have kept marine fish for decades but have just started falling in love with inverts. Three weeks ago I added a second Sally Lightfoot to my tank. This morning I went to feed everyone and noticed that my Sally is missing all but two of its legs. They seem to have been pulled out of their sockets? The carb appears none the worse for its injuries though.
In this same tank I have:
A slightly larger Sally
A medium cleaner shrimp
A medium banded coral shrimp
Lots of small emerald crabs
2 Porcelain Crabs
2 Anemone Crabs
2 Scarlet Hermit Crabs
I also added a Fire Shrimp but have never seen it since. I found what I though was evidence where it “shed?”, but now I believe it died and was scavenged.
Any idea what the heck would pull the legs off my little Sally?
Thanks for any help.

 

[miaheatlvr]

Originally Posted by Dinogeorge
Hi everyone,
I have kept marine fish for decades but have just started falling in love with inverts. Three weeks ago I added a second Sally Lightfoot to my tank. This morning I went to feed everyone and noticed that my Sally is missing all but two of its legs. They seem to have been pulled out of their sockets? The carb appears none the worse for its injuries though.
In this same tank I have:
A slightly larger Sally
A medium cleaner shrimp
A medium banded coral shrimp
Lots of small emerald crabs
2 Porcelain Crabs
2 Anemone Crabs
2 Scarlet Hermit Crabs
I also added a Fire Shrimp but have never seen it since. I found what I though was evidence where it “shed?”, but now I believe it died and was scavenged.
Any idea what the heck would pull the legs off my little Sally?
Thanks for any help.
I would imediately suspect the CORAL BANDED these can get super agressive OR the emerald crabs may have caught one of the sally in its super powerful claws.. no doubt about it.