Help!!!

[elkman]

My porclin crab is ripping and eating my aneome I think

 

[randomfishdude]

Send pics?

 

[elkman]

Send pics?

I just added a video to the post

 

[Fish Fan]

My porclin crab is ripping and eating my aneome I think

Friend, this was posted once before:
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/porclin-crab-issues.1117187/
And as mentioned, these guy are largely filter feeders, many live in symbiosis with anemones:
https://worldwidecorals.com/product...-D7v7J6aionvEqj52MNxLxdd6_wz5VQ_3cnb3NDa2kq5D
If there is something wrong with your anemone, please post some pics so members here can help

 

[elkman]

Yes I added a video to this post

 

[Fish Fan]

Yes I added a video to this post

My porclin crab is ripping and eating my aneome I think

I downloaded and watched the video. I believe the crab has a chunk of algae or something else. What anemone do you have with this crab, and what are you seeing happening to the anemone specifically, other than seeing this crab eating "something"? Can you post of pic of the anemone's damage, without the crab?

 

[elkman]

When i saw it today and the other night it looked attached to the nem possibly not, this is the nem normally ( the lights are dim
Rn so he doesn’t look normal )

I downloaded and watched the video. I believe the crab has a chunk of algae or something else. What anemone do you have with this crab, and what are you seeing happening to the anemone specifically, other than seeing this crab eating "something"? Can you post of pic of the anemone's damage, without the crab?

 

[Fish Fan]

When i saw it today and the other night it looked attached to the nem possibly not, this is the nem normally ( the lights are dim
Rn so he doesn’t look normal )

I'm not sure, I'm far from an expert here, it could possibly be that the anemone you have is not one that the porcelain crabs typical associate with. That said, I'm still not so sure a porcelain crab tore up a living anemone of any type. Maybe someone else would know better what's going on?

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

IME they like to snuggle and hug their RFA’s, maybe it’s doing something similar here.?

 

[elkman]

I'm not sure, I'm far from an expert here, it could possibly be that the anemone you have is not one that the porcelain crabs typical associate with. That said, I'm still not so sure a porcelain crab tore up a living anemone of any type. Maybe someone else would know better what's going on?

Yeah I don’t know either maybe I’ll just wait it out and maybe it’s not

 

[Fish Fan]

Yeah I don’t know either maybe I’ll just wait it out and maybe it’s not

I'm sure someone more knowledgable that I am will be able to tell us for sure, but I would wait and see what happens, I don't believe there's a huge cause for concern here.

Do you know the species of anemone you have?

 

[elkman]

Yes it’s a rose bubble tip