Crab/Invert inside brain coral?

Discussion in 'LPS Corals' started by Dyngoe, Sep 9, 2006.

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  1. Dyngoe

    Dyngoe Fire Worm

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    Hi All,

    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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  2. darkliteseeker

    darkliteseeker Astrea Snail

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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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  3. inwall75

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  4. bekendbrt

    bekendbrt Plankton

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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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  5. mannyhernz

    mannyhernz Fire Worm

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    where do you buy those lil' guys!!!:-/
     
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  6. inwall75

    inwall75 Giant Squid

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    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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  7. inwall75

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    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.

    http://www.3reef.com/forums/inverts/mantis-bad-shrimp-33245-3.html?highlight=paguritta
     
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