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jfinch 
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Posted: October 03 2004 at 3:45pm |
One of my acro heads started to show missing flesh in various parts of the skeleton. I never noticed any fish nipping at it. But I did notice that a "strange" crab had taken up residence in the branches. Here's a picture, as you can see it doesn't really look like the normal acro crabs that I have in my acros. So I decided to remove the crab and see if the coral recovers. Unfortunately I was a little heavy handed with the tweezers and crushed his head.
This is what the acro looks like. It's strange... only the external flesh has been removed. Whatever was doing this has left most of the polyps intact. I'll update this thread in a month or two if the acro recovers or if I find it was some other pest. Anyone else experience anything like this?
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Posted: October 03 2004 at 4:01pm |
 Oh yeah. Just recently too. I had two Emerald Crabs that loved my Stylopora. My usual nighttime examinations of the tank discovered them scraping off the flesh but eventually the polyps started dieing. They left the other SPS alone though. I transferred them to the Bangerter tank. The Stylopora has almost fully recovered (3 weeks) but unfortunately, now I have an increasing Valonia population. 
I don't feel too sorry for that crab.  Watch out for Jon with tweezers!
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Posted: October 03 2004 at 4:33pm |
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I guess I better keep an eye on my emeralds too...
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Posted: October 03 2004 at 5:04pm |
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If you need them tweezed out, get a girl to do it for ya. We're used to delicate work with tweezers (or else we would poke an eye out). I'll catch 'em for ya if you'd like.
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Renee and Damon Weimer
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Posted: October 03 2004 at 8:12pm |
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I have "ruby emerald" that does the same thing... very much larger, though. He's a temp in the sump, now and destined for Renee's tank.
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Posted: October 04 2004 at 4:36am |
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Are women better Surgeons I wonder?
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Posted: October 04 2004 at 7:12am |
Are women better Surgeons I wonder?
I don't know, but if I'm going to play doctor I prefer to do it with a female
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Posted: October 04 2004 at 7:29am |
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I've recently noticed my emerald crab crawling around in my acros as
well... and some of them are showing signs of the same damage as
you coral jon... wonder if mine isn't eating them as well?
Have to keep an eye on him...
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Was that in there yesterday? Casper--WY windier than ?
Down to a 20, soon to double or nothing
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