Keyhole Limpet
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cranberry
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What do you have in the tank that you would want to remove it?
You just pick him up and remove him. They are not that hard to remove. Is he huge or something?
Do the removal in one swoop, he'll try to hunker down if your just touching on him first. If he's on an uneven surface, like a rock, he'll be easier to remove. But they really aren't that hard. It's things like big ole chitons and abalones that are difficult to remove when they "hunker".
If you lived closely he would have a room in my tanks.
You just pick him up and remove him. They are not that hard to remove. Is he huge or something?
Do the removal in one swoop, he'll try to hunker down if your just touching on him first. If he's on an uneven surface, like a rock, he'll be easier to remove. But they really aren't that hard. It's things like big ole chitons and abalones that are difficult to remove when they "hunker".
If you lived closely he would have a room in my tanks.
rigdon87
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Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/3152773
If you lived closely he would have a room in my tanks.
.I have some ric's,zoa's pulsing xenia and other various mushrooms but it will be mainly a sps dominated tank.its not just one i counted 20 last night and thats just on one side of my tank,but there supper small like the size of an eraser on a pencil maybe smaller.the reason im nervous is i heard there not just herbivores and they have been known too devoire the skin off of corals
http:///forum/post/3152773
If you lived closely he would have a room in my tanks.
cranberry
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I've never had a problem with the small ones. I know what the stuff says out there, but I think it is more of us not being able to ID the trouble-makers.
Maybe someone can give some real life experience of them eating corals.... not what they've heard from a friend of a friend of a friend.
The small ones have not created in trouble in my tanks not in the tanks of the people I've shared them with which is about 10 people now.
Maybe someone can give some real life experience of them eating corals.... not what they've heard from a friend of a friend of a friend.
The small ones have not created in trouble in my tanks not in the tanks of the people I've shared them with which is about 10 people now.
rigdon87
Member
Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/3152807
I've never had a problem with the small ones. I know what the stuff says out there, but I think it is more of us not being able to ID the trouble-makers.
Maybe someone can give some real life experience of them eating corals.... not what they've heard from a friend of a friend of a friend.
The small ones have not created in trouble in my tanks not in the tanks of the people I've shared them with which is about 10 people now.
Well i was doin my research on here and one of the people was bang guy i think, who witnessed one eating his leather but like you said we need somebody who has had real life experience.So anybody???
http:///forum/post/3152807
I've never had a problem with the small ones. I know what the stuff says out there, but I think it is more of us not being able to ID the trouble-makers.
Maybe someone can give some real life experience of them eating corals.... not what they've heard from a friend of a friend of a friend.
The small ones have not created in trouble in my tanks not in the tanks of the people I've shared them with which is about 10 people now.
Well i was doin my research on here and one of the people was bang guy i think, who witnessed one eating his leather but like you said we need somebody who has had real life experience.So anybody???
cranberry
Active Member
But we don't know if it was a different species of limpet or not. I can put up a pic of mine that did not touch coral. Can you get a picture of yours? Maybe send me a couple of limpet shells? That the "real" way to ID their species... by looking at the inside of their shell. I probably won't be able to ID it, but I could at least say if they were like mine or not. I wonder if Bang Guy has a picture of his. Maybe send him a PM so he can give some input as well.
Maybe that would be something I should work on... collecting shells of different limpet species.... Hmmmmm.
Maybe that would be something I should work on... collecting shells of different limpet species.... Hmmmmm.
bang guy
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I should have a chance to post some pictures tonight.
Keyhole Limpets are not true limpets, they are actually closer related to Abalone. I've had them peel the skin off a Toadstool but it didn't really do any harm. They are algae eating machines though, they can carve a path through Bryopsis and Hair Algae.
If it were me I would leave them in until they actually cause a problem.
Keyhole Limpets are not true limpets, they are actually closer related to Abalone. I've had them peel the skin off a Toadstool but it didn't really do any harm. They are algae eating machines though, they can carve a path through Bryopsis and Hair Algae.
If it were me I would leave them in until they actually cause a problem.
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bang guy
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Originally Posted by Rigdon87
http:///forum/post/3153698
Thanks bang for the pics,i have yet to see the under side of one,just the shell they are a grayish blue color and there so small yet i cant tell if there keyholes or not,and i also noticed they only come out at night..
thanks for all the help
If they do not have the hole at the apex of the cone (the keyhole) then they are probably true limpets. Limpets are strict herbivores.
Another possibility is that you have Stomatella Snails, also beneficial herbivores but mostly only eat Diatoms.
http:///forum/post/3153698
Thanks bang for the pics,i have yet to see the under side of one,just the shell they are a grayish blue color and there so small yet i cant tell if there keyholes or not,and i also noticed they only come out at night..
thanks for all the help
If they do not have the hole at the apex of the cone (the keyhole) then they are probably true limpets. Limpets are strict herbivores.
Another possibility is that you have Stomatella Snails, also beneficial herbivores but mostly only eat Diatoms.
rigdon87
Member
Originally Posted by Bang Guy
http:///forum/post/3153884
If they do not have the hole at the apex of the cone (the keyhole) then they are probably true limpets. Limpets are strict herbivores.
Another possibility is that you have Stomatella Snails, also beneficial herbivores but mostly only eat Diatoms.
ok thanx bang and everyone else for the info
http:///forum/post/3153884
If they do not have the hole at the apex of the cone (the keyhole) then they are probably true limpets. Limpets are strict herbivores.
Another possibility is that you have Stomatella Snails, also beneficial herbivores but mostly only eat Diatoms.
ok thanx bang and everyone else for the info