Two creatures.

[MixedFruitBasket]

Got two here on the same coral. Not sure if they are related. Dipped this coral after it arrived but did an examination today and saw little jelly bubbles that might be egg casings. So I did a fresh water dip then a second coral dip with twice the meds. The crab fell off but most of the egg casings remained. The freshwater display destroyed most of them first cause them to lyse. Any joe here is a photo of the crab. I’ll add the egg casing in a moment.

 

[MixedFruitBasket]

Sorry the second pictures are not as clear. If I need to I can try and take some again but I think they're off now. At least the ones I can see. They were very fragile and popped.


This is a soft coral, btw.

 

[flsalty]

You sure that's not bubble algae?

 

[MixedFruitBasket]

You sure that's not bubble algae?

I'm familiar with bubble algae. This stuff was very jelly like, clear, and soft. I guess it could be baby bubble algae but it was tucked deep in between the branches. I really had to open the coral up to see them.

 

[MixedFruitBasket]

Pretty sure I removed two tiny cowrie off the coral too. They were very pink and shiny but to small to really ID.

 

[Reefer40b]

Looks like bubble algae to me..

 

[KJ]

Got two here on the same coral. Not sure if they are related. Dipped this coral after it arrived but did an examination today and saw little jelly bubbles that might be egg casings. So I did a fresh water dip then a second coral dip with twice the meds. The crab fell off but most of the egg casings remained. The freshwater display destroyed most of them first cause them to lyse. Any joe here is a photo of the crab. I’ll add the egg casing in a moment.

Sump the Crab and sec pic look like eggs hard to tell what can from the pic.

 

[MixedFruitBasket]

Sump the Crab and sec pic look like eggs hard to tell what can from the pic.

No sump for this tank and the crab is so tiny it would get sucked into the skimmer or pump in my big tank