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About Sally Lightfoot Crab
A small red or orange crab with a relatively flat, rectangular body shape and long, slender legs. Characterized by a smooth carapace and an agile, darting movement across reef surfaces.
Key facts
- Max Size
- 2
- Notes
- • Minimum 20 gallon tank • Temperature range 72–78°F, maintain stable salinity 1.023–1.025 and pH 8.1–8.3 • Provide rocky outcrops and crevices for hiding; nocturnal and shy • Feed dried seaweed, algae wafers, and occasional meaty foods; scavenger diet • Active at night; may nip at soft corals or small polyps if hungry
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 72-78°F pH: 8.1-8.3 Salinity: 1.023-1.025
- Min tank size
- 20 gallons
- Appearance Description
- A small red or orange crab with a relatively flat, rectangular body shape and long, slender legs. Characterized by a smooth carapace and an agile, darting movement across reef surfaces.
- Type
- Crab
- Family
- Grapsidae
- Compatibility
- Sally Lightfoot Crabs are highly aggressive and predatory. They will hunt fish, shrimp, and smaller invertebrates. Best kept singly in species-specific tanks or with very large, defensive fish only.
- Care Level
- Easy
- Diet Details
- Omnivorous scavengers that consume algae, detritus, small crustaceans, and carrion. Feed varied diet of dried seaweed, pellets, and occasional live/frozen foods like mysis shrimp.
- Origin
- Western Atlantic, from Florida and the Caribbean south to Brazil.
- Category
- Crab
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