sallylightfoot crabs

[baby1-]

i just got a yellow tang 3 days ago it seemed healthy it was swimming and eating and doing every thing that tangs do and this morning i woke up to find its eyes,tail,andfins weregone could my sallylightfoot crab have done this? somewhere i heard they eat fish

[pgammon]

I've had sally's in the past, but they never bothered anybody, maybe the fish took a turn for the worse?

[baby1-]

mabey youre right itcould of ate to much food or swam to much or mabey he just drowned,,,,,,,lol sorry but i really liked that tang. the crab is 3" fast and a bit territorial and also agressive

[baby1-]

the tang did seem skinny with a pinched in belly mabey it just died then got eaten

[noahm]

the tang did seem skinny with a pinched in belly mabey it just died then got eaten

The eyes, were clearly eaten post mortem, and likely the fins as well. I don't think there is a crab out there that can snatch eyeballs on the fly. Bummer about the fish though.

[RumLad]

I don't think there is a crab out there that can snatch eyeballs on the fly. Bummer about the fish though.
Unlike a few wrasses I've seen in action. Got any of those in the tank, by chance?

[RobbyVonAwesome]

I would agree that the eyes were taken post mortem, but that's not to say the crab didn't kill the fish first. Sally Lightfoots, along with all other crabs, will eat anything they can catch. There's lots of stories of crabs killing fish.

I might be the crab, it might not. I wouldn't rule it out.

[mattypw]

If you have a fuge, you might want to transfer it there...

[baby1-]

no i dont have any wrasses, because they will eat my dragonets copepods so i hear.

[luther1200]

I think the crab just found a free meal when the YT died.