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03-20-2003, 11:56 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: PNW
Posts: 257
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EEEK!!! what is it!?!?
Ok I have pix that I will post later, when I figure out how... 
But this morning I looked in my tank for some relax time and felt my blood pressure climb rather quickly!!! There was this "slug" on my beautiful green star polyps and he was munching!!! I am not sure he was actually eating the polyps yet as the lights were still off and there were no polyps out. I turned them on to get some pix and that thing was moving all over the place! Like some kind of demon racing snail!
It was pale and I could see that it did have a shell, very reminicent of an abalone shell, which had tan markings on it. The mantle was white and about double the diameter of the shell with long eye stalks (I think there were 4 or it was 2 eye stalks and a couple of feelers...) And it moved really fast! (I can not tell you how surprised I was at how fast it moved!)
I have never seen this thing before, but I added a rock yesterday with some very sad shrooms on it, so it's a possibility it came off this rock... does anyone think it's an abalone? Do they move fast? Or should I get really worried now? I should say that the pix that I got will not be that great as it was fast (didn't I say that before... )
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03-20-2003, 12:54 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Toledo, Ohio
Posts: 3,074
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lol, well i have no clue what it could be (i'm still too new)
but i'm certainly interested in seeing what it looks like. shoot a video so we can see how FAST it is   |
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03-20-2003, 01:07 PM
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bone shaker
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: so cal
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I don't think it's an abalone, I had one for awhile and it was never _that_ fast. This is a shot in the dark, but maybe it's a chiton.
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03-20-2003, 01:08 PM
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Hail to the Redskins!!
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Gresham, OR
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Well, first of all, how big is it? If it is small, about an inch or less, it could be a stomatella snail. Flat shell, brownish/tannish/whitish, these guys can really move too! Check those out and see if that's them. I can try to get a pic tonight when I get home. They are harmless and breed like rabbits - not to an outrageous amount, but if you have 2, give a couple months and you'll have 50. HTH
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03-20-2003, 06:16 PM
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Ghost of reefers past
Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: Southern Oregon, Way West of Dimples ;)
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Chitons are pretty distinctive, they have segmented shells , lookin like roly poly bugs on steroids 
Stomatella snails have the half shell that kinda looks like old style GI helmet
Nassarius are quite fast when foods around but tend to stay fairly close to the substrate.
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03-20-2003, 07:17 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Burbs of Boston
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03-21-2003, 11:40 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: PNW
Posts: 257
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wow gumhead that's him!!! How did you get a pic of that thing?
I found out that it was from the tank that the shrooms came from... grrr! So these things breed like rabbits huh? What do they eat? Is there anything that eats them? It's still small by the way, just about the size of a quarter.... how big do they get?
Geez I love saltwater... who said that thing about the box of chocolates in an earlier post?...  Can't wait to see what comes out of the rocks next week... |
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03-21-2003, 11:52 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: West Bloomfield, Michigan
Posts: 231
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wildthings44,
Stomatella are fantastic snails to have in your tank, you should not be growling . They are incredible algea eaters and can get places that 'normal' snails can't. They will breed to the point that their food will allow them to. If you don't want them, you could always send me some .
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03-21-2003, 05:36 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: PNW
Posts: 257
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Thanks, I'll keep you in mind when I am overrun! Glad to know they aren't bad, but it still irritates me that I get some "coodie" from someone elses tank... it could have been bad. It reminds me of having a cold and sharing with someone else... except thankfully this cold isn't bad |
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03-21-2003, 06:02 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: wash
Posts: 2,262
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Welcome to the hobby buddy |
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03-21-2003, 10:18 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: West Lafayette, IN
Posts: 209
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LOL, getting the reef bugs is part of the joy of the hobby =)
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03-21-2003, 10:55 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Demotte IN
Posts: 131
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hehe yep I used to peek in the tank every night after the lights were out lookin for new lil critters |
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03-22-2003, 01:30 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: West Lafayette, IN
Posts: 209
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LOL I just added live rock to my tank last week, I keep looking in every night and finding new lil critters. Hehe my girlfriend loves it "hey baby come help me figure out what this is" or "hey baby we've got a bristle worm!" LOL
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03-22-2003, 01:50 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Demotte IN
Posts: 131
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yea I can't wait till i get to start adding live rock to my tank  |
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03-22-2003, 01:56 PM
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Look deeply into my eyes
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Location, Location
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Quote:
Originally posted by nvrmore
yea I can't wait till i get to start adding live rock to my tank
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Well , get to it Tim! LOL
Scott(pirate) down by us ,just told me he's got some xenia for you when you are ready for it (if you want some)
wonder where he got it from?  LOL
get that tank runnin' Tim,,,i got plenty o' stuff to send your way!
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