id on reef bug????????

bigkai · May 17, 2012

can someone ID this thang i seen i craw out of my new elegance coral i thank this is why it has not been opening it has been geting eaten lol

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Steven R · May 17, 2012

wow I have never seen one of those but it does not look good.. Hopefully someone can id

slapshot · May 17, 2012

That's a weird one I don't know.

VB68 · May 17, 2012

Looks like a Arkansas tick LOL.... Hopefully someone on here can identify it for you.

bigkai · May 17, 2012

lol i thought it was a tick when i first seen it it freaked me out iv been googleing trying to find what it is and cant find any thang lol i hope their ant more of them.

Bongo Shrimp · May 17, 2012

Ok I am 100% sure it is a crab. 95% sure it is a type of gall crab.

Here's two exactly like it both of which were dragged out of elegance corals.

Is this crab that's living in my elegance coral a pest????

Crab inside my Elegance Coral - Reef Central Online Community

As for an exact ID it may be tough. BTW the head is at the opposite end you'd think it was at if that were a tick.

slapshot · May 17, 2012

Good call Bongo!!! I'd day the first one is it. That is one creepy crab

Bongo Shrimp · May 17, 2012

Thanks I try.

bigkai · May 18, 2012

thats it and their is one more i have spoted and i cant get to it its down in side the coral

bigkai · May 18, 2012

i got the other one i am hopeing that is the last one i had no idia what was going on it looked good when i got the coral than slowly its been looking like it was dieing and i guss it was lol