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12/29/2012, 04:27 PM | #1 |
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Black elephant snail?
Saw this wandering the live rock today, first time it has appeared. Agree it is a black elephant snail? Google search says reefsafe algae eater.
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12/29/2012, 04:50 PM | #2 |
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cLooks like a nudi of some sort.. Try to find it on nudi pixel or contact LeslieH on here shes,a g ewe nious.. Either way, next time you see it catch it until you find out if its good or bad
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12/29/2012, 04:54 PM | #3 |
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Looks cool. But if it has a name like "Black elephant" ANYTHING I wouldn't like it.
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12/29/2012, 05:46 PM | #4 |
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Possibly a limpet. Some are benign, some aren't (ie, some munch on corals).
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12/29/2012, 06:41 PM | #5 |
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Kevin, I think you are right, it is a limpet. It looks exactly like this animal pictured on this other site:
http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/scutus
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12/29/2012, 10:35 PM | #6 |
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Hey Teo, check out black stomatella snail as well.
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12/30/2012, 09:18 AM | #8 |
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I have hundreds of them also in my system they are limpets .grest cleaners I did notice though ehen they are close to bitdnest or stylo there slime will kill them at first I thought they were esting them but afyet looking further they werent they were just grazing by the base .
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12/30/2012, 10:55 AM | #9 |
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in my system when they get larger, ~2", they start to much on corals. not sure if it's due to lack of enough algea source or if their diet changes but I have plenty of video and picture evidence of them munching on corals
munching on sps munching on xenia
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05/20/2015, 07:23 AM | #11 |
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Anybody have an update on the subject of these? Are they really eating live coral polyps, or just grazing near them? Pest or clean up crew member? I started out with about 4 hitch-hikers in my 55 (supposed to be) FOWLR, and just had a hatch last month, up to about a dozen babies although could be that many more hiding. They do a bang up job cleaning algae off the rocks, and I've never seen them bothering the xenia or mushrooms that sorta appeared in my fish only tank somehow :-) Do they ever show up for sale anywhere?
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Wonder if these guys would eat bubble algae,I have never seen them for sale at my lfs.
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