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12/11/2007, 05:42 PM
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My favorite hitchhiker
My pet Gall Crab. I shall call her Rapunzel:
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#3
12/12/2007, 01:28 AM
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Positive. The shape of the gall is distinctive, plus the feeding behavior is much more active than a barnacle.
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#4
12/12/2007, 08:00 AM
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Not sure on the Gall Crab. Also, they tend to kill acro over time by stressing it.
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#5
12/12/2007, 04:56 PM
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what type of acro is that?
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12/13/2007, 08:57 AM
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Hamburger!
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12/15/2007, 01:20 AM
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This little bugger is fast. All but the first of these new images was shot with flash at 1/500 -- as soon as the flash fired, it'd retreat.
Here's a shot of the opening, it's open space in there:  These next couple show the critter emerging to swing it's feathery claws around:   Retreated to cover, sick of the Paparazzi I guess   More shots of feeding:   Barnacles are bivalves, which this critter obviously isn't. I should probably ask in the Inverts forum...
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#11
12/15/2007, 02:22 AM
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You are 100% right, its no barnacle. At first glance it looks similar but your close ups prove otherwise.
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12/15/2007, 08:12 AM
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Not from what I've been able to find; they don't feed upon the coral they just live in it.
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#14
12/15/2007, 11:21 AM
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Im sorry, but it is not a Gall Crab. It IS a barnacle and it will weaken your acro.
Gall Crab http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/...RR1_GM1_MX.jpg
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12/15/2007, 12:10 PM
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Yeah, looks like the rest of the world is right and I'm wrong. Hate when that happens
 Somewhere along the way, I got the mistaken idea that barnacles are bivalves. Live and learn, thanks guys.
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#16
12/15/2007, 12:52 PM
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So what can be done to kill the barnacle since it weakens the acro?
Sorry, I'm new to SPS so just trying to learn.
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#17
12/15/2007, 01:09 PM
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Quote:
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12/15/2007, 02:18 PM
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I find that you can literally "scoop" them out. The whole calcified section is a roundish ball and will pop right off the acro. This usually damages a little tissue around the area on the acro, but encourages new growth. HTH.
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