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03-03-2009, 10:57 AM
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Plankton
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Florida
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another unknown hitch hiker
Anyone have an idea what this may be? sorry about the Q of the pic....maybe it will help. It looks like a pistachio nut, it only moves at night, and from what I saw it has a smooth body with no antenna (if so they are very ,very small).
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03-03-2009, 11:45 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 171
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Looks like it could be a Stomatella varia
a Stomatella, harmles, they should come and go depending on food availability. I once had a lot of em', but since have subsided.
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03-10-2009, 08:38 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Florida
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I got a better pic...not shure if it is stomatella or not. Maybe this new pic will help!
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03-10-2009, 08:45 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2009
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Oh, Now I can see what it is....Looks to me like a scallop, FOR SURE this time  |
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03-10-2009, 09:20 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Florida
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It's kind of wierd, It has no antenna, and a smooth body. I don't know if this info matters, but I got some cats eye zoo's from tonga... two days later I noticed this little guy.
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03-10-2009, 09:45 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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Or a mussle of some kind.
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03-10-2009, 10:20 PM
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THE VILLAGE IDIOT
 
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: chippewa falls, wi
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i hade of them.......scallop.....but it died.....not sure why....it was doing so good....and lived for a long time.....but one day there was just an empty shell....
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03-10-2009, 10:21 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2009
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ok, best as you will get me down to ..its got to be a mollusk..... 
I found a couple empty shells like these in some LR. |
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03-11-2009, 09:25 AM
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Plankton
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Florida
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Thanks for the ID, either way (scallop or mollusk) are they safe for corals?
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03-11-2009, 09:27 AM
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THE VILLAGE IDIOT
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: chippewa falls, wi
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most are harmless filter feeders....but i dont know ALOT about them....
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03-11-2009, 09:47 AM
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Bubble Algae Warrior
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Maine
Posts: 4,362
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yeah... i don't know if they are clams, mussels or scallops or some other bivalve, but i have never known one to harm anything... i've found them in live rock many times. they don't seem to cause any issues if they die either- they don't seem to be big enough. i could watch mine open and feed and then close if disturbed. they are neat to have and nothing to worry about.
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