Small Crab in new Elegance

[killagoby]

I just added an Elegance to my tank yesterday. After it was added I noticed a very small crab in it. The coral looks healthy, but I read that the crab might be a parasite. What's the case that it will become a problem if I don't remove it. I thought those small crabs only went for Acros? My tank is all LPS's...

 

[msn711]

Tagging along. I have something similar in a hydnophora and a very tiny one I just noticed in a favia-type. The one in the hydnophora has been there for months now, and I'm pretty sure I dipped it in TMPCC when I first got it. Best I can tell, it hasn't caused any damage. It just keeps the coral from growing over it's "cave."

 

[killagoby]

I've had one in the past in my fuge, but I don't think he lived that long. Then I say this funny post about an Acro Eating Crab that almost destroyed this guys SPS tank, and it took him years to catch. YIKES!!!

 

[Mental1]

Check out gall crabs ... see if it looks like that. There was a thread here on them if you search you can find them. Ugly little critters ....