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My skunk cleaner had molted and I heard mixed thoughts on removing the exoskeleton but I decided to leave it there this time. Fast forward to the next day and I see my elegance with three spines sticking out it’s mouth. At first, I’m curious and slightly panicked but I notice that the shrimp’s exoskeleton is missing. As the coral and exoskeleton were fairly close to each other location-wise, I knew that it had floated into the coral and got wrapped up. What had surprised me was that the coral was actually eating the exoskeleton and hadn’t spat it out. I assumed that there was no harm done by this and it could just be a little more nutrients. Any thoughts? Personally, I have never seen this before and found it cool and very interesting. I have learned that nobody has experienced everything that can go on in a reef aquarium. I’ll attach the picture if anyone is curious.