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Sally Lightfoot Crab
Percnon gibbesi
The Agile Spider Crab (3 inches / 8 cm). Extremely flat and blindingly fast. Sold as an excellent algae-eating member of the cleanup crew.
- Family
- Plagusiidae
- Origin
- Atlantico, Pacifico
- Origin
- Tropical oceans and reefs
- Tank use
- Used in 0 tanks
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Temperature
24 °C - 28 °C
pH
8.1 - 8.4
Water type
Freshwater
Ecological role
n/a
Copper
n/a
Care and observations
The Rogue Night Hunter: As juveniles, they tirelessly pick hair algae off rocks. But as they grow large, their dietary preference shifts to meat. They will wait in the dark and ambush small sleeping fish like Blennies or Gobies, grabbing them with their sharp claws and eating them alive.
Invertebrate profile
- Adult size
- 8 cm
- GH
- 15 dGH - 25 dGH
- KH
- n/a
- TDS
- n/a
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