Elegance Coral

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Weird white “parasite” shown, I’ve noticed past two days my Elegance wasn’t fully open like normal and today when I get back from work I see this white thing with legs any ideas what do I do? Here’s a picture
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Weird white “parasite” shown, I’ve noticed past two days my Elegance wasn’t fully open like normal and today when I get back from work I see this white thing with legs any ideas what do I do? Here’s a picture
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It’s a little species of crab that likes to burrow into the skeleton of fleshy LPS corals. I don’t think they directly hurt the coral, but they do burrow into the skeleton and cause irritation and bacterial infections, so you do want to remove them. I can’t remember the name of them, but I’ve seen them before and I also remember Fragbox showing them in one of their recent videos.
 

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