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PirateLove
04/28/2016, 01:18 PM
This jerk will not get off my gorgonian and is always at the tiptop swinging around. Is he hurting my gorgonian, or eating it? He's been on top for 4 days now. It looks injured now and the polyps are closed at the top because of him.


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gallegos
04/28/2016, 01:32 PM
Might have some algae up there
MondoBongo
04/28/2016, 01:50 PM
ha, when i had gorgs my hermits would occasionally take a ride.

it didn't seem to bother them at all. i guess even hermit crabs needs a thrill now and then.
Hitch08
04/28/2016, 03:41 PM
Have a sump or refuge? If so, you should introduce them.
Cliving1
04/28/2016, 03:49 PM
have a sump or refuge? If so, you should introduce them.

lol
Potatohead
04/28/2016, 03:52 PM
He's just a thrillseeker crab, better than those couch potato crabs
Member No. 1
04/29/2016, 03:11 AM
Crabs on my Gorgonian

I've heard that penicillin works.
homer1475
04/29/2016, 03:54 AM
My hermits climb my gorg daily, then jump from the top. I think they think they are bungy jumping. lol

The gorg closes up while they climb, open right back up afterwards. They been doing this for months with little to no effect on the gorg.
niladride
04/29/2016, 04:39 AM
^

It looks like a nice swimming pool dive. Lol
Cool_fish
04/29/2016, 06:20 AM
I am still laughing about this.... LOL
sam.basye
04/30/2016, 07:25 PM
If it is staying in the same spot for long periods of time, the gorgonian will start to die off in the spot the crab sits.

Had this happen to my rock covered in gsp while a hermit was resting until his claw regrew.

Definitely a funny crab swinging around.

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