Bubble coral eating shrimp molt

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  1. fixxxery2k

    fixxxery2k Astrea Snail

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    Woke up this morning to find my bubble coral eating my cleaner shrimp's molt. I removed the piece that was on the outside but its still eating most of it. Should I do anything about it? The shrimp molt is larger than the mouth of the coral.
     
    fixxxery2k, Mar 29, 2010
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  2. GuitarMan89

    GuitarMan89 Giant Squid

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    Don't worry about it, it will either eat it slowly or discard it. I've had corals such as bubbles, favia and acans eat things much bigger then they are.
     
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  3. horkn

    horkn Giant Squid

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    Yeah, my pink bubble ate my one of my fire shrimp's molts the other day. You would do more damage trying to get it out of the coral than by letting it be. I think my bubble actually ate the molt, and did not spit it out.
     
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  4. Ishymishy77

    Ishymishy77 Peppermint Shrimp

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    Mt bubble did the same with our CBS molt, couple of times.
     
    Ishymishy77, Mar 31, 2010
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