LPS riding a CUC snail

RSM2008

RSM2008

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$1.49 snail had what I thought was an anemone. But as it grew... and grew... I found that it was a LPS. He moves around with the snail stinging my xenia. Any ideas?
 

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Varga

Varga

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WOW you gotta be kidding me :D :D

I think that coral is large enough to be fragged off the snail and glued on to a plug?
 
reefer4200

reefer4200

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ha varga, i say i completely agree!! frag an sell or atleast replace that snail aint gonna move much longer with that weight
 
BigAl07

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That snail is going to be a SPEEDY snail when you remove the coral. He's gonna be like "Man I sure got STRONG over night!"
 
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aaromano

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really cool... what type lps do you think it is? How do you get it off the snail without blowing a hole in the shell?
 
RSM2008

RSM2008

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Re: Can't identify.. not sure what to do??

Here is another pic closer up. Not sure if I should say bi bi to snail and attach LPS somewhere for feeding and light. Never knows where he'll wake up on th back of that astrea snail. ??!!
 
RSM2008

RSM2008

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Re: Can anyone ID this???

LPScu1.jpg
 
RSM2008

RSM2008

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Re: LPS id??

Ha ha ha. That's good. Do you think it might be a type of ellegance? I have not seen anything like it in the shops. It takes frozen mysis and brine shrimp like mad. And stings the xenias as he passes.
 
jjohnson3

jjohnson3

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It does kindof look like an elegance coral. Is it hard? It also looks like an anemone! Could it be a nonbranching torch coral? The tentacles look like that of a torch's. Nice freebie! Come to think of it, my LFS has a huge hermit crab with something growing on its back...I might go get it just to watch it grow!!! :)
 
RSM2008

RSM2008

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Re: LPS or anemone???

I am pretty sure it is an LPS.

Here's why... I tried to remove it with my finger nail, thinking it had a foot but NO - it has a hard base with is now firmly part of the snail's shell. I has at least 3 - 4 mouths and is growing in waves like an elegance. I don't know torch corals but will look them us. Thanks for your thoughts.
 
Reefmack

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I think you might have to sacrifice that snail. Unfortunate, but it'll soon be weighed down too much to move anyway, and the coral is worth saving & mounting somewhere else.
 
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