Moving sinularia

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SadaAesix
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Moving sinularia

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I came home tonight to watch a strange occurance. I watched a peice of green sinularia become mobile. I saw that it had moved underneath another coral and when I tried to place it back in it's place it moved away from me and down a cranny in the rock??? I was not able to see what had gotten a hold of this coral but I could not loosen the grips of whatever had it.
I can see the coral via the back of the tank and it looks as if it's being eaten. Can someone tell me what may have the sinularia?
Thanks
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i has a piece of green leather attach to a shell that was in the tank.. eventually as my scarlet crab grew he moved into that shell and began dragging it all over the tank... i eventually had to remove the leather from the shell.. so it would be attached to a hermit crab shell... thats the only guess i have right off bat... havent heard of anything eating them other than nudi s eating on the slime coat or at the base of the coral.
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wow never thought of a hermit.. thanks thats a might be.
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Revealed

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The culprit is revealed now. The moving sinularia was in the claws of a small teddy bear crab. This little crab is a hitchiker in my tank so I'm offering him to whomever would like him or her, whatever.
He's cute but evidently likes sinularia.

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uhh oops

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Revealed yes but correctly identified no. Sorry.... this is a gorilla crab I think because I saw dark tips on it's claws. I will try and get a pic of it to let someone else with more knowledge then I make the identification.





Sorry for the booboo
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