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michika
03-28-2005, 07:10 PM
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/506/1371PICT0014.JPG Found him on my acro, ugly little bugger, and creepy too. I was thinking he was an acro crab at first, but now I'm not so sure.

and

This seems to be stuck to the base of one of my other acro frags. It has a hard white shell and is constantly spewing threads out.
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/506/1371PICT0004_2.JPG

And on a side now, thanks to Muck I can finally post images on my own. Thanks!
Delphinus
03-28-2005, 07:30 PM
Can't help on the first one, but the second one is a kind of "vermetid gastropod (snail)".
michika
03-28-2005, 07:36 PM
Good snail? Bad snail?
Delphinus
03-28-2005, 07:40 PM
Neutral I suppose. Some say OK, some say not OK. They're supposed to be harmless, except some people don't like the threads they put out ("unsightly nuisance"). I generally let them be in my tank. There have been a few I've used a tweezer and picked off (and then thrown into the back rubble behind the rockwork).
michika
03-28-2005, 07:47 PM
Ill just leave it then.

Ideas on Mr. Fugly? He's pretty nasty looking...
muck
03-28-2005, 07:53 PM
How big is the crab?
michika
03-28-2005, 07:56 PM
small, probably about the size of your thumb nail from legs to legs. Hes about the same size of an acro crab.
Ryan
03-28-2005, 11:13 PM
Looks like one of them teddy bear crabs to me.
StirCrazy
03-28-2005, 11:37 PM
the crab is the bad ones that I have observed eating my acro, they seam to be comming in on Bali shipments.

Steve
michika
03-29-2005, 02:14 AM
Alright then, he is now living in a measuring cup floating in my 'fuge.

So what do I do with the little bugger? Would he be safe iin my 'fuge?
IslandReefer
03-29-2005, 11:03 AM
I second that motion....bad fuzzy crab, harrass and/or eats acros .
I got mine on a Bali coral that was contracted and regressing. I gave the fuzzy guy, the porcelain swirl and the coral is much better.
....did get hell from the wife though! :rolleyes: ...."But he's so cute"
CUTE? He'd better serve free beer! if he wants to nibble on my Bali's! :evil:
Don't think he can harm much in the refugium though, might not live long without acro-munchies, depending on how specialized the diet is.