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01-12-2007, 03:15 PM
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Could this be it?
I discovered this crab in my tank a couple of months ago and I have been meaning to post a pic and see if anyone knows what it is. From the little bit that I could see in the picture of your first post I thought they looked a little similar.... My crab is not in any of my corals but he does go in and out of a rock with a little hole. He is very shy and only comes out just before lights out or at night. I have seen him many times now as he is getting a little braver. So far all I have ever seen him eating is algae, and detritus. I have a pic, sorry but my camera only has 4X zoom so it's not the best.......
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01-13-2007, 04:49 AM
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I can't say if the crab in my brain coral is the same as yours, Keana. It only sticks a bit of it's head out (when I'm looking). It most probably comes out at night. I'm thinking of trying to extract this crab from the coral. If I am successful I'll try to post a picture of the crab. I just don't want to hurt the coral while doing so.
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01-13-2007, 07:28 AM
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Extracted the crabs!
OK, I was able to take out the crabs as they were emerging at night.
I honestly don't know if the big invertebrate that I pulled out is a crab! The really tiny one with the green back looks like a crab to me. They are both very slow moving creatures. Anyway, the larger of the two was definitely growing in the brain coral for quite some time because after I took it out, it left a substantially deep hole (about 1 cm). I hope the brain coral will just grow over and close this hole up. If anyone can help identify what I pulled out, that would be great. ..and here are the pictures:     Last edited by Rippin; 01-13-2007 at 07:31 AM.
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01-13-2007, 03:58 PM
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What ever that is it is pretty crazy looking... interested to find out what it is as well.
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01-13-2007, 04:42 PM
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The other Creature could be a pod, or insect of some kind.
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-10/rs/index.php Richard
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01-13-2007, 05:07 PM
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Wow! Cool!
Those last pictures are amazing! This is a very neat thread.
Bye, Keana
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