Earlier this week I glanced into our marine tank and saw to my horror that the Lilac Stone Crab that appeared recently was contentedly munching away on a polyp colony! As soon as I moved towards the tank he scuttled off, but in the morning it was obvious he'd been back...
We tried catching him with a baited bottle trap, but he was too clever: in the end we had to dismantle the entire reef. Hopefully, now he's been evicted, the polyps and discs will grow back. Oh! One amazing find: the Candy Shrimp that we thought had died months ago was living happily inside the 'cave'!
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