Maricultured mini colonie

[HB AL]

Around a month ago my lfs got in a bunch of maricultured colonies in and for 40$ a piece I decided to buy 4 of them. Fast forward a month and 3 of them are thriving and 1 is suffering from stn, so I dipped it again and fragged the good pieces, it's been a week and the frags seem to be hanging in there. This was the first time I bought maricultured colonies I usually just get small frags and grow them out but for the price and size I figured what the heck. After reading many things about maricultured colonies and the success rate I'm trying to figure out if batting .750 is the norm, although if the pieces I fragged off the colony with stn survive I would be pleased. A couple of them have small Acro crabs in them that seem to just be living in them and causing no damage, should I get the crabs out of them or are they part of a symbiotic relationship with the acro?

 

[BoomCorals]

So long as they are good acro crabs and not bad ones you're fine. As for your coral, maricultured and wild can last for months or even a year before inexplicably dying. It's a numbers game and with only 4 you can't really draw a conclusion just yet. But keep at it and keep your system stable and hopefully it turns out great!

 

[HB AL]

There not eating the corals, they have long skinny claws not big burly ones. Guess i might as well do research on good and bad acro crabs. They dont leave the coral cuz they will get munched. Once i noticed them i started squirting some fish food in there.