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adtravels
05/01/2006, 04:24 AM
I found this on my green acro left it but then noticed some white patches where it lived and the polyps were dissapearing any one had one?
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/113133IMG_acropistol-med.jpg
adtravels
05/01/2006, 04:25 AM
he clicked like hell when I tweezered him off!
Chaotic Reefer4u
05/01/2006, 08:35 AM
i had one come in off an acro as well, i threw him in my sump and never seen him again...
Amphiprion
05/01/2006, 08:50 AM
Actually, it is not a true pistol shrimp, an Alpheid. The little guy is Coralliocaris graminea (green coral shrimp) and is a Palaemonid shrimp.
adtravels
05/01/2006, 10:04 PM
He is now a very frozen Coralliocaris graminea (green coral shrimp).

Thanks for the ID
adtravels
05/01/2006, 10:15 PM
He is now a very frozen Coralliocaris graminea (green coral shrimp).

Thanks for the ID
njfish77
05/01/2006, 10:30 PM
Are they acro safe?