Elegance coral caught a snail

[GoReefin]

Not sure if I should pull it out but I watched a stomatella snail get to close to the elegance coral tentacles and get caught and wrapped up by the coral and now it is slowly going into the mouth.

Just curious if I should be concerned about the snail shell getting stuck in the mouth?

 

[dedragon]

happens all the time to me, dw, it will digest the snail and spit out the snail shell 99.99% of the time no issue

 

[dedragon]

sometimes mine tends to shrivel up for the next 2 or 3 days if it swallows bigger snail shells like astrea, cerith etc

 

[GoReefin]

sometimes mine tends to shrivel up for the next 2 or 3 days if it swallows bigger snail shells like astrea, cerith etc

Glad to hear nothing to worry about! Wow suprising it can open it's mouth large enough to digest those guys!

 

[dedragon]

Mine is pretty big and actually has like 8+ mouths that all devour snails, it is literally a snail graveyard under its tentacles

 

[GoReefin]

Mine is pretty big and actually has like 8+ mouths that all devour snails, it is literally a snail graveyard under its tentacles

Pics of the behemoth?

 

[dedragon]

had a couple on my phone... i have to keep it smushed against the glass so it cant extend and doesnt sting anything

 

[dedragon]

had it for like 3+ years and got it for a steal wen i did. still too afraid to frag it

 

[GoReefin]

had it for like 3+ years and got it for a steal wen i did. still too afraid to frag it

That thing is massive! Yeah, I'd probably never attempt to frag one either.