Something in my brain coral

[Tahoe61]

Looks like it could be a Gall Crab burrow/hole.

 

[Roboson]

Whatever he is, he's just using the coral for cover, he's not eating it or trying to kill it.

Either leave him alone and feed him like any of the other multitude of invisible/unknown residents, or trap him out with food to see what he is politely.

Forget MDK strategy – that's not what it's about. (Murder Death Kill)

Couldn't have said it better myself. If he's not killing it, he doesn't deserve to be killed himself.

 

[Untamedrose]

Updates! better photos

Legitimately curious here

 

[Vincent100]

Iv not dipped yet and lights are out at min , I'll get some better pic tomorrow for you
All I can say at the min is that whatever it is ....it has pull a small bit of rock into the hole to cover it
I can just about see a bright yellow ,orange leg
Deffo gonna do something tomorrow
Would a gall crab pull rock in to cover a hole ?
Iv been reading on them , some say their real bad and some say not to worry ... I'm more on the worried side

 

[Brew12]

Iv not dipped yet and lights are out at min , I'll get some better pic tomorrow for you
All I can say at the min is that whatever it is ....it has pull a small bit of rock into the hole to cover it
I can just about see a bright yellow ,orange leg
Deffo gonna do something tomorrow
Would a gall crab pull rock in to cover a hole ?
Iv been reading on them , some say their real bad and some say not to worry ... I'm more on the worried side

Do you have any tongs or tweezers that you could use to pull out whatever is in there?

 

[Vincent100]

I'm sure I could steal a pair of my girls tweezers
Right than its on for tomorrow , I pull the coral out dig this thing out and picture him and post it
I'm off to bed its 3.35 am here in the uk and I start work at 12.00 lol

 

[Untamedrose]

Can you move the coral tonight? so the hole is closer to the glass....so tommorrow get better photos?
Understand that your worried, I'd be too best to figure out what it is exactly.

IDK if gall crabs will move rocks, can only say I havnt seen it but havnt seen many of them. I've had a eunicid(worm) do that...but I dont think thats what we are dealing with.

Get better photos first but ... You might try just a straight slightly colder FW dip..... critters likely to haul out pretty fast and if you put it back into tank water(like a bowl) Not likely to kill it.

 

[Vincent100]

Just a quick thing before I go bed looks like the two orange yellow things are being poked out of the hole abit like it useing them to bait things .... Strange thing this is
Right I am off to bed now lol night all from the uk

 

[Vincent100]

Got the little ugly **** ,never seen something so ugly
He had made himself a big hole in my coral
Had to do a fresh water dip and made it abit colder than my tank water , might of shocked the coral abit but at the min I'm just happy to have this thing outta my tank
Deffo a gall crab
The bit of stone I thought was blocking the hole was he's butt
I say agin this thing is so ugly
So pic for you

 

[Vincent100]

@Untamedrose
@Brew12
Got him look at the pics above

 

[Brew12]

Wow! Sure does look like a gall crab. Good call @Tahoe61 !

 

[Vincent100]

Yep Tahoe61 and untamedrose called it right first time
Thanks guys

 

[erinmegan85]

You're right, he's definitely an ugly little fellow. Glad you got him out!

 

[Vincent100]

Well it seems iv another gall crab......I think :mad:
If not a gall than some other coral killing thing
My elegance coral all of a sudden closed up about 2 weeks ago hasn't opened since and is slowly dieing before my eyes
I tried moving it about , more light ,less lights , sand bed , rock but still it got worse
Anyway after getting home today I look at it and see a small white crab looking thing sitting in it
If you look through this thread you'll see a gall crab that killed my brain coral {tracky } I got him out of the coral but the brain was a gonner

Anyway do you think this thing in the pics is the same
It's the white thing in the middle have a good look and you'll see it
Whatever it is it's the reason my elegance is dieing
Thanks people

 

[erinmegan85]

Looks like the same thing to me Did you try removing that one too?

 

[Vincent100]

Not yet just waiting for the wife to go bed than I'm on it
She just moans at me for messing with the tank to much and thinks Iv gone reef tank OCD lol

 

[Vincent100]

I'm now 200% sure this is another gall crab , he's moved so I can see more of him and it is a gall
Now time to get this one out and picture it ......their so ugly

 

[erinmegan85]

They are ugly. They remind me of ticks. Yuck.

 

[Vincent100]

Coral and gall crab removed and into the bin
In the last few days the coral has just got worse and worse to the point of no return

 

[erinmegan85]

That stinks Hopefully they're all out of the tank now though.