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Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Deleted member 46, Apr 15, 2008.

  1. Deleted member 46

    Deleted member 46 Guest

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    Just curious if anyone knew the type of acro this is.  I picked it up today at a little pet shop in central IL.  I thought it looked cool and had some potential when I saw it.  Looking at closer I found a little crab living on it.  I thought it was a damage to the coral before I saw it moving.[​IMG]
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  2. phishcrazee Experienced Reefkeeper

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    Hard to say right now as it looks like it needs to color up, but I'd say maybe a type of tenuis.......just judging by the shape.  Maybe a tortuosa (tort?)
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  3. Waverz

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    I was thinking it might be a tort as well....hard to say at this point though.
     
  4. Deleted member 46

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    what do you think of the little crab? is it good or bad?
     
  5. rc1214b

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    hard to say on the id right now, I'd remove the crab though, typically if they are hairy they are bad in acros. I've had the blue eyed ones before and removed them
     
  6. Travis

    Travis Well-Known ReefKeeper

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    Who knows maybe he eats red bugs... He doesn't look like he would eat much and I never liked to get rid of possible good acropora crabs.
     
  7. Guest

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    I think most acro crabs are beneficial. Give it some time to cause some destruction, then decide whether or not to remove it.

     
  8. Lee

    Lee Experienced Reefkeeper

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    looks like it could be a tort. It also looks like there might be some kinda pests.. maybe it's the crab..but I see some whitespots.
     
  9. Deleted member 46

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    I think the coral is probably either a granulosa, toruosa or a loripes then again it could be anything. The white spots where from the guy bagging it to tight and handling it like crap. I think some might of been from that crab too. It seems to be a xanthid crab. Cymo melanodactylus They actually eat the coral polyps which I saw him doing last night.
     
  10. RobynT

    RobynT Inactive User

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    If I saw him eating polyps, I would be getting rid of him.
     
  11. Deleted member 46

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    Posted By RobynT on 04/16/2008 4:45 PM
    If I saw him eating polyps, I would be getting rid of him.[​IMG]Well I banished him to the basement tank to hopefully eat xenia. 
     
  12. Travis

    Travis Well-Known ReefKeeper

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    Bullet used to call his basement tank the "***** tank". Good to see that trend is catching on... /site/DesktopModules/NTForums/themes/_default/emoticons/biggrin.gif
     
  13. Deleted member 46

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    This coral is coloring up a bit getting hints of purple and green.  I did find a couple more hitchikers on the right side of the main coral.  The one looks like a revers sunset.  The green one at the bottom right I have no idea on.

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  14. glaspie69

    glaspie69 Experienced Reefkeeper

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    That thing is looking like its got some nice potential
     
  15. Lee

    Lee Experienced Reefkeeper

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    looks 100% better
     
  16. Deleted member 46

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    Here is a new pic of it.  This is kind of off color due to only having 2 Blue pluss lamps on at the time of photo.  The coral has a green body and purple tips now.  The new growth is whitish with purple tips.  It also has a good shot of the one hitch hiker too.

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