parasitic gal crab

[victor escobar]

yes, I think I have found one of these nasty creatures in or on an elegance coral. the problem is that I don´t know anything about the crab and if this can be a real problem for the cata.

One Spanish aquarist from Barcelona has had a problem with his cata and thinks the crab has eaten the cata from inside because he could see one in the rotten tissue of the catalaphyllia.

Any views?

 

[victor escobar]

look at this


http://www.todomarino.com/forum/sho...?threadid=19451

 

[greenbean36191]

Gall crabs are generally considered commensals, not parasites, but who knows what they could do in captivity. Cataphyllia has a terrible record in captivity as of late (probably >90% mortality) though and I suspect the presence of the crab has nothing to do with the demise of either coral.