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Old 09-09-2006, 06:41 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Sorry I can't provide a picture. It's just way too small. But, I have what looks like a crab burrowed into my brain coral. Has anyone seen this before. All I can see are it's claws and they are small like a hermot crab. Thanks in advance. I will try to snap a picture.
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Old 09-10-2006, 01:47 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I had the same thing in a small open brain coral after quarantine for a few days I used a pair of forceps and crushed him into his hole and then pulled him out .The coral definitely seemed happier


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I suspect it looks like one of the following pictures. If so, it's harmless.

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Believe it or not, it's a filter feeder.


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That looks EXACTLY like the kind that typically burrows into the symbiotic coral on which christmas tree works grow. I know theres a thread somewhere here on them. No one knows for sure whether they actually kill the worms to make holes, so based on that knoweledge alone, I wouldn't trust it and would have it removed, in whatever way you see fit
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I suspect it looks like one of the following pictures. If so, it's harmless.

Paguritta - Google Image Search

Believe it or not, it's a filter feeder.
where do you buy those lil' guys!!!


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where do you buy those lil' guys!!!
I think that you have to get lucky when you buy a coral. 99% of the time, it would be Porites coral.
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That looks EXACTLY like the kind that typically burrows into the symbiotic coral on which christmas tree works grow. I know theres a thread somewhere here on them. No one knows for sure whether they actually kill the worms to make holes, so based on that knoweledge alone, I wouldn't trust it and would have it removed, in whatever way you see fit
It's my understanding that they only inhabit the burrows of dead Christmas tree worms. I don't think that they kill the worm. Then again, I don't know for sure.

is this a mantis or bad shrimp
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