Found this in coral, is it safe?

[abecker]

I found this in a sponge. If is safe to put back in the tank?

 

[MrDJeep123]

It's a pistol shrimp. Relatively harmless. But him back I say.

 

[abecker]

That's what I was thinking it was. Just needed some confirmation

 

[Bongo Shrimp]

If you found him literally IN a sponge he might be symbiont. There are a bunch of species of pistol shrimp which live symbiotically with different corals and sponges and help protect them and keep them clean. One of the coolest hitchhikers IMO.

 

[abecker]

Yeah I moved the sponge and he jumped out