ID Critter living in Birdsnest Colony

niger12

niger12

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I bought this colony today and did not see this in the store. It did look better but I just had it out of the water to see if I could get this critter to drop off. It seems to be in living in the skeleton. The picture is not the best but the best I could get.
 
niger12

niger12

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The dark spot looks like some sort of shell or cover. It pushes it out and what looks like legs poke out one side. You can also see some feelers or antenna sticking out. If I don't get and ID by tomorrow I may try to get it out.
 
niger12

niger12

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Bang, I did some research and all of the pics I find on Vemitid Snail/worm look a lot different. The coral seems to be doing very well. It has colored up quite nice and has show a little growth on the tips. What would you recommend I do.
 
bdhough

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Its probably some symbiotic crab that made a home in the coral. Kind of like christams tree worms in poritees rocks. Lucky you. I would focus more on the coral though IMO. It looks a little bleached.
 
dburr

dburr

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I would focus more on the coral though IMO. It looks a little bleached.
That's a pink birds nest, looks healthy to me.
 
niger12

niger12

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It is a pick Birdsnest. As I stated in the first post it does not look well because I had it out of the water trying to get the critter to drop out of the colony. It has since colored up nicely and gets deeper color every day. I think it is a crab but it does cast the web like a Vermitid.
 
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Originally posted by Niger12
It is a pick Birdsnest. As I stated in the first post it does not look well because I had it out of the water trying to get the critter to drop out of the colony. It has since colored up nicely and gets deeper color every day. I think it is a crab but it does cast the web like a Vermitid.
btw there are so many different species of vermitid snails... i agree with bang on this, and so does my marinebio professor...
 
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Originally posted by bdhough
Wow it sucks to be color blind.....
:)
either a bad pic or it is alil bleached... i think it is a tiny bit of both, anyway, looks like a beauty of a colony... i hope it gets bright pink for ya
 
shoreliner11

shoreliner11

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Could just be me, but it kinda looks like the outlet of a sea squirt. I'm probably wrong but just wanted to give my 2 cents. Here's a picture...what do you think?
 
niger12

niger12

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No it does not look like a sea squirt, thanks for the input though. Also the pic does not show its color well. It is pink in color but not as dark as other pics I have seen since you guys mentioned it looked bleeched. MY research says they will get darker as they mature and this colony is about 3.5" across. Is this acurate. Look at a thread in the photography section called Made Some Changes. The pic in that was taken a few hours after this one. It has colored up more since that photo.
 
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