Why The Sally Lightfoots?

[just fishings]

Well I have had 3 now that have pasted on. I don't understand why. I have other shrimp and all my corals are fine. The sallies live great for a few months then die? Am I missing something they have need of? Yes there is lots of live rock. Yes I iodine. Yes my tank has been running for about 3 years. What else is there. I would think they would be a simply crab

 

[reefforbrains]

Iodine will stress them, can push them to prematurely molt. With normal water changes there is rarley a reason to dose Iodine unless you have very LARGE colonies of particular softies. IMO

 

[myrtle beach]

I've had one for less than a month and he/she regenerated a claw and leg and seems to be doing great. Hides a lot, but now I'm nervous it won't survive. I don't have a ton of algae and I don't see it eat anything else, any tips?

 

[renogaw]

mine eats everything--stuff off the sand, stuff out of the rock, no algae though. if you think its hungry they love meat--give them some shrimp or clam or scallop.

 

[myrtle beach]

It's kinda small, and I see his claws working quickly, but I can't see what it's eating. I break up the krill in my fingers when I feed so some stuff gets to the shrimp and crabs, I guess he's doing ok, if he's regenerated limbs and not racing around for food when I feed.
Sorry to hear about your crabs dying "just fishing", did you do any crime scene investigation/forensic analysis? Did the crab have marks like something could have killed it, do you have aggressive fish, was it discolored before dying, etc.?

 

[just fishings]

I don't have anything that would takle him. All my fish are very peaceful. He eats like a freak or looks to be eating anyway. I don't have any problems out of the other shrimp or crabs in the tank the all molt and live just fine.

 

[just fishings]

Originally Posted by ReefForBrains
Iodine will stress them, can push them to prematurely molt. With normal water changes there is rarley a reason to dose Iodine unless you have very LARGE colonies of particular softies. IMO
Also to answer this yes I do add some to the water but I have over 40 stalks of xinea and many kinds of mushrooms and cloves????

 

[shogun323]

Originally Posted by ReefForBrains
Iodine will stress them, can push them to prematurely molt. With normal water changes there is rarley a reason to dose Iodine unless you have very LARGE colonies of particular softies. IMO
I agree. Iodine is also very easy to overdose. Like ReefForBrains mentioned, your salt mix will contain all of the iodine you need. I would stop the dosing. Good Luck to you!!!

 

[vicegrip]

Are you sure they didn't just molt. It's very hard to tell without seeing the slf and molt or smelling it. I know I took a molt out to check one time because it was on its back and looked like it was moving.

 

[just fishings]

Ya.. I'm sure it's no molt. I even seen him when he died this time. He was on a rock and moved just a little to the side when I put my hand at him. I woke up in the night and decided to look and he was there with his feet off the rock. I took him out and.....well.... there was meat inside! I always tear the molts to make sure what I have. He was dead or I killed him after I tore him in half one; just to be blunt. Are they more sesitive to iodine than other shrimp and crabs? I have had a copper band shrimp for a year or more?!?

 

[joojoo]

I doubt you're overdosing Iodine if your shrimp and other inverts are doing well.

 

[xcdennisx]

are you testing your iodine after and before you dose it? what are your water parameters? tank size? when i had a sally crab i feed him wit some freezed dried shrimp and he did well.

 

[just fishings]

All my parimeters are great. I don't test iodine...didn't even know they made a test for it. I do not use alot though. As was said all my other shrimp and crabs are doing fine, for years. Just the sally light foots?????

 

[rbaldino]

Originally Posted by just fishings
I don't have anything that would takle him. All my fish are very peaceful.
Just out of curiousity, what fish do you have?

 

[vicegrip]

I've had my slf for a year and I dose with Iodine once a week. Idk

 

[just fishings]

(2) clowns-(1)foxface-(1)mistic angel- (3) damsels-(1) coral banded shrimp-(5)cleaner shrimp-(1)dragonet-(?)snails???? I have more in corals than fish

 

[gharner]

i found the molt of mine about 2 weeks ago but i havent seen him since!
is he dead?