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06-22-2003, 12:15 AM
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Member
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Duluth, GA
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What is this invertabrate?
See pictures below.
I first saw this invertabrate (slug?) about two weeks ago. We had just added about 6 lb of LR and two new corals from a local shop. I had not seen it before. It is white, only comes out at night, and is very fast when the light is turned on. Below are the only pictures that I have been able to get. Any information would be appreciated. Is it something that I need to be worried about with the corals?
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06-22-2003, 10:30 AM
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Summer's Daddy
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Lawrenceville, Ga in a van down by the river
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Looks like a chiton (or something like it), I can't remember it's actual name. Jenn helped me look one up after we found a few hitchikers on some rock. I think it is harmless, and looks like it is snacking on coralline algae.
Ray
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06-22-2003, 04:52 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Duluth, GA
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I don't think that it is a chiton. I looked at some pictures on the web, but none of them look like our little guy. The web sites said that they have 8 plates running along the back, but this animal looks like a white slug with just a small hard, white plate in the middle of it's back and a set of antennae and long mouth like a turbo snail. Sorry I couldn't get a better picture, my digital camera just doesn't like to take pictures in the tank. |
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06-23-2003, 12:39 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Georgia,Marietta
Posts: 224
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Looks like a stomatella snail.
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06-23-2003, 01:03 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Georgia, near Atlanta
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Thats what I was thinking too, some variety of Stomatella snail. I believe they are harmless, if that's what it is.
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06-23-2003, 03:46 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Duluth, GA
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Thanks guys!!
From what I can find, it does appear to be a type of stomatella.
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06-23-2003, 04:23 PM
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Stress Monger
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 3,186
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Stomatella are good snails to have. They are algae eaters ad reproduce very readily providing planktonic food for the fish and corals. My clowns go nuts when my stomatella spawn. |
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06-23-2003, 10:23 PM
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Little fish in a big pond
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Canton, GA USA
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I concur with Mantis and others - Stomatella sp. of some kind. I've got a few that hitchiked in, in my system - love them!
Jenn
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