Gall Crab

[freshoffthegrill]

About three weeks ago I discovered this nefarious creature living inside of my Pink Lobo coral. It caused the coral to start receding and decline.



It created two large holes in the coral and was living fat off of the food I had been feeding the coral for over a month.



The has coral receded even more since I took that picture.

I moved the coral to a lower flow, lower light area of the tank, thanks mnat for the advice.

Does anyone have experience with helping corals recover from Gall Crab damage?

 

[greybolt03]

i dont have any experiance with those crabs but i think if you keep it fed and happy it should rebound..
good luck and keep us posted

 

[falconut]

No experience with the crabs either, but since you found the problem it should rebound. My Lobo has been real hardy, so hopefully it'll be good now that the crab's not pestering it.