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twinreef
07/27/2006, 07:09 PM
i have no idea what this is. is it bad. i'm pretty sure that it just feeding on the dead tissue of the acro. but i'm not sure.
thanks
http://www.jariandjade.com/reeftank/bug1.jpg http://www.jariandjade.com/reeftank/bug2.jpg
http://www.jariandjade.com/reeftank/bug3.jpg http://www.jariandjade.com/reeftank/bug4.jpg

Gary Majchrzak
07/27/2006, 07:13 PM
Nice pix. They are Limpets. They don't appear to be eating living coral flesh.

rockindacheeks
07/27/2006, 07:14 PM
it looks like a limpet to me and i think they are algae eaters, but im not too sure

scubasteve247
07/27/2006, 07:15 PM
sweet, keyhole limpet!! there awesome, i have some, great grazers,

theop
07/27/2006, 07:16 PM
They eat algae. The only thing bad I have read about them is that can eat coralline algae.

I have them in my nanocube.

jpslickorocks
07/27/2006, 07:49 PM
yup keyhole limpets. Algae grazers

twinreef
07/28/2006, 02:56 AM
thanks. first time i notice them.