Dead Sally

[hound96]

odd to find my sally lightfoot was dead this morning fully intact sitting beside my clam , yet yesterday it was cruising around the tank eating algae displaying nice color not having a problem. anyone have any ideas?

[High tide]

Are you sure it's dead and not just an exoskeleton?

[Jackie]

Are you sure it's dead and not just an exoskeleton?

+1

[hound96]

took it out completely intact its definitely the crab

[High tide]

If everything else still looks good i'd chalk it up to a "reef mystery", not much to go on otherwise.

[hound96]

yeah i know strange , i know i have no predators and never used copper in the tank and all other inverts are fine and water is perfect confusing to say the least

[paddyob]

Don't forget everything has a life span. It can die at any time... just like us... for no reason.

No way to know anything but what we can see with those buggers.

[hound96]

yeah its a mystery probably wont get another one though

[AquaticFinatic]

I bet he will spring up in a day or two. I had one that I thought was dead because I had a "body" then a day or two later he was there again. They shed their shell and It still looks in one piece..........crazy how they do that.

[dsaundry]

Unless you have a killer clam, they are sneaky you know, they lie around all the time luring their victems into a false sense of security...then they pounce....oh sorry was thinking of something else:lol:

[hound96]

i checked pretty close it is definitely a corps i have removed alot of molts from this guy and they all open this one doesnt plus it has a bit of weight to it

[hound96]

well everyone can laugh at me now i swore it was a dead crab and even looked again for an opening and found none but yet guess who decides to pop out and say hi while i'm trimming corals today , ive been had by my own crab:redface:

[AquaticFinatic]

We have all been there so don't feel to bad lol. :lol: