Scolymia swallowing a hermit crab

Hydrostatic · 03/12/2012, 07:23 PM

Hi all. I have just purchased a candy apple scolymia a couple weeks ago and everythign has been going well. Yesteday, I was spot feeding it with some mysis shrimp, when one of my smaller hermit crabs(about the size of a peanut butter m&m) decided to climb the coral and get stuck in its tentacles. There is a bulbous area in the center of the coral, where the shell remains. How do I get the shell from under the coral's skin? Thank you!

Hydrostatic · 03/12/2012, 08:06 PM

Here is a picture of it.

joesfiddy · 03/12/2012, 10:06 PM

I would think It would spit it out after it done eating the crab

Paul777 · 03/21/2012, 12:57 PM

first off...cool! and yeah I would wait it out I would think trying to remove it would cause mroe harm than good

Salty88 · 03/24/2012, 10:25 AM

this is awesome haha

EricSIny · 03/24/2012, 10:34 AM

peanut butter m&ms...mmmm

+1 to what paul said, give it a few days and see what happens..

gmate · 03/24/2012, 02:30 PM

Ahaha, that's awesome! That'll teach the hermit!

thomasp123 · 03/24/2012, 04:03 PM

LOL i had a large brain coral eat a rather large cleaner shrimp. The shrimp was constantly stealing food from the coral and one night the tail got caught and the entire shrimp went in. The rest of the CUC started eating the portion of the shrimp that was sticking out. It was a cool case of a bully shrimp becoming the main course!

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Anthrax15 · 03/24/2012, 04:38 PM

The Scoly will eat the snail or hermit, in some cases, and spit the shell out in a few days. It should be ok

EricSIny · 03/31/2012, 07:33 PM

So what was the verdict?

Hydrostatic · 04/10/2012, 10:59 PM

It finally spit the darn thing out..... My Tangerine Scoly did the same thing the next week.... it spat it out too....Always a learnign experience with these things. =)

03/12/2012, 07:23 PM	#1
Hydrostatic Registered Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 5	Scolymia swallowing a hermit crab Hi all. I have just purchased a candy apple scolymia a couple weeks ago and everythign has been going well. Yesteday, I was spot feeding it with some mysis shrimp, when one of my smaller hermit crabs(about the size of a peanut butter m&m) decided to climb the coral and get stuck in its tentacles. There is a bulbous area in the center of the coral, where the shell remains. How do I get the shell from under the coral's skin? Thank you!

03/21/2012, 12:57 PM	#4
Paul777 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Minnesota Posts: 33	first off...cool! and yeah I would wait it out I would think trying to remove it would cause mroe harm than good __________________ Paul Current Tank Info: SPS dominant 70 gallon marineland cube

03/24/2012, 04:38 PM	#9
Anthrax15 Registered Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 1,314	The Scoly will eat the snail or hermit, in some cases, and spit the shell out in a few days. It should be ok __________________ I've soared with Eagles and I've slithered with Snakes. I'm the Tower of Power, I'm too sweet to be sour, I'm funky like a monkey, and space is the place! Current Tank Info: 34g Solana in the works

03/12/2012, 10:06 PM	#3
joesfiddy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Morris IL Posts: 379	I would think It would spit it out after it done eating the crab

03/24/2012, 10:25 AM	#5
Salty88 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: California Posts: 23	this is awesome haha

03/24/2012, 10:34 AM	#6
EricSIny Moved On Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Staten Island, NY Posts: 445	peanut butter m&ms...mmmm +1 to what paul said, give it a few days and see what happens..

03/24/2012, 02:30 PM	#7
gmate CTARS Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Ansonia, CT Posts: 1,916	Ahaha, that's awesome! That'll teach the hermit!

03/24/2012, 04:03 PM	#8
thomasp123 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Hadley MA Posts: 345	LOL i had a large brain coral eat a rather large cleaner shrimp. The shrimp was constantly stealing food from the coral and one night the tail got caught and the entire shrimp went in. The rest of the CUC started eating the portion of the shrimp that was sticking out. It was a cool case of a bully shrimp becoming the main course! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

03/31/2012, 07:33 PM	#10
EricSIny Moved On Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Staten Island, NY Posts: 445	So what was the verdict?

04/10/2012, 10:59 PM	#11
Hydrostatic Registered Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 5	It finally spit the darn thing out..... My Tangerine Scoly did the same thing the next week.... it spat it out too....Always a learnign experience with these things. =)