coral keeper
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Are mossy chitons good or bad? What do they do? Can they be kept in a reef tank?
Mossy chiton?
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coral keeper
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What do they eat?
coral keeper
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Hears a pic of a mossy chiton.
renogaw
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from a website, i'd say they are bad:
Several species from the genus Mopalia can be found on beaches in the Puget Sound area. They are distinctive in having hairs or bristles sprouting from their girdles. Chitons from this genus are also unusual because while most chitons are strictly herbivores, the Mopalias consume animal materials including sponges, bryozoans, and hydroids in addition to algae.
Mopalia muscosa , the mossy chiton (pictured above), reaches a length of about 3-½ inches and the red-brown hairs sprouting from its girdle have a bristly texture. The valves (overlapping plates) are dull shades of brown, black-olive, or gray and may be overgrown by encrusting organisms or seaweed. This species is often found out in the open on rocks.
Several species from the genus Mopalia can be found on beaches in the Puget Sound area. They are distinctive in having hairs or bristles sprouting from their girdles. Chitons from this genus are also unusual because while most chitons are strictly herbivores, the Mopalias consume animal materials including sponges, bryozoans, and hydroids in addition to algae.
Mopalia muscosa , the mossy chiton (pictured above), reaches a length of about 3-½ inches and the red-brown hairs sprouting from its girdle have a bristly texture. The valves (overlapping plates) are dull shades of brown, black-olive, or gray and may be overgrown by encrusting organisms or seaweed. This species is often found out in the open on rocks.
coral keeper
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So they cant be kept in a reef tank? Do they eat all kinds of algae or certain kinds of algae? Do you think that they can eat corals or other inverts?
coral keeper
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Can anyone answer my questions? Has anyone ever kept a mossy chiton plz tell me.
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nereef
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did you take something out of the ocean again and put it in your tank without knowing what it was?
coral keeper
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I did take it from the ocean and its not in my tank yet its in a bucket.
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nereef
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from what i could find quickly, most chitons are reef safe and graze on algae.
coral keeper
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What kind of algae?
1journeyman
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Originally Posted by Coral Keeper
I did take it from the ocean and its not in my tank yet its in a bucket.
Coral Keeper, please quit doing this.
This forum is NOT for you to use to do your homework for you. Before you collect anything you need to make sure it is legal and then make sure it can live successfully in an aquarium long term.
From what I know, few species along the north California coast are going to be suitable for the much warmer reef aquarium.
I did take it from the ocean and its not in my tank yet its in a bucket.
Coral Keeper, please quit doing this.
This forum is NOT for you to use to do your homework for you. Before you collect anything you need to make sure it is legal and then make sure it can live successfully in an aquarium long term.
From what I know, few species along the north California coast are going to be suitable for the much warmer reef aquarium.