Arrow and Sally Lightfoot Crabs
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Guygettnby
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i personally like the sally light foots myself but when they get big they get to be a bit mean. i have also had arrow crabs and can personally say they will eat your snails for sure.
so if your looking for no possible problems i would say it is a safe bet to rule out both of the crabsyou have mentioned. if you want a reef safe crab i would defilently go for anemone crabs or porcelin crabs. they are filter feeders and not agressive.
so if your looking for no possible problems i would say it is a safe bet to rule out both of the crabsyou have mentioned. if you want a reef safe crab i would defilently go for anemone crabs or porcelin crabs. they are filter feeders and not agressive.
How long ago was "day one?"
I agree that the porcelains are your best bet. They aren't going to fight w/ a clown over an anemone like an anemone crab (and anemone crabs will make a bee-line for any anemone, which ****es off resident clowns!) I haven't had problems w/ small emerald crabs, but they can get a bit grumpy when they grow, as well.
The sally lightfoot is known to change its diet as it grows, so do be careful.
I agree that the porcelains are your best bet. They aren't going to fight w/ a clown over an anemone like an anemone crab (and anemone crabs will make a bee-line for any anemone, which ****es off resident clowns!) I haven't had problems w/ small emerald crabs, but they can get a bit grumpy when they grow, as well.
The sally lightfoot is known to change its diet as it grows, so do be careful.
Frogmanx82
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I have a pretty large Ruby Crab which is just a red color morph of the Emerald Crab. Its out all the time and hasn't bothered the snails or my soft and lps corals.
