Is this the end of Ms. Crabs?

[Coelli]

I have a small female emerald crab who's been in the tank about 6 months. She's useless (lives right next to some bubble algae) but she's purple and cute. This morning I got a good look at her as she came out of her hole and realized she was missing two legs and an arm on one side, and half of the pincer on her remaining arm. This obviously is going to make it very difficult to eat. Any thoughts on her chances of survival? Not sure what happened to cause this, or when it did. I feel bad for her!

 

[snorvich]

Should be no problem. Who got her?

 

[Coelli]

Not sure, there's nothing else in the tank that can really mess with her; possibly the sally lightfoots (nimble sprays) but they don't seem to be aggressive and I've seen them run from my pom pom crabs when they threaten. The only fish are a YWG, starry blenny, royal gramma, yasha goby, 2 tiny clowns, and mandarin. It's weird.

 

[Betta132]

Things run away from pompom crabs because the pompoms sting. Sally lightfoots are opportunistic, and they're known to kill fish. Especially things like mandarins and gobies and blennies. It was probably a lightfoot, and I suggest you trap them out before they get at something else that can't grow its parts back.

 

[J2T]

Yeah, I don't trust sally lightfoots either. I've heard far too many stories on them. To be honest I wouldn't be surprised if its your starry blenny either. Mine will go after serpent stars in my tank if they come into his 'area'.

 

[dcmatranga]

I've watched my Sally try and grab a hold of my snow onyx clown...but she was too slow...they are great eaters...but certainly opportunistic!