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[magnus042]

Hey i've been lurking around for a while and i just spotted something in my newly setup 55. it looks almost like a slug or a snail with no shell but its not a nudibranch. its bright red, round and moves very slowly, any ideas?? ill try to get a pic soon but it went behind the rocks.

 

[bang guy]

Do a search on Skirted Keyhole Limpet.

 

[magnus042]

thanks Bang! you are the man! im pretty sure that's what it is now but mine is a very deep red, like the color of corraline. im still gonna try to get a pic when it shows its face again just to be sure. Thanks again bro!
P.S. I've been reading these boards every night for a while now and i must say Bang you are a very unselfish person, to give out all this advice without asking anything in return, you are a good man.

 

[magnus042]

here we go...

 

[bang guy]

Doesn't look right to me. If you touch it is there a shell underneith. It's looking more like a Bubble Snail to me with the pic.

 

[firefish]

looks like some sort of a sea hare

 

[royalshrimp]

Originally posted by firefish
looks like some sort of a sea hare

not quite

 

[magnus042]

bump

 

[salty cheese]

A pic with more light would be helpful, I looked around for the answer last night but the lack of definition in the pic has hindered the process.
Did you PhotoShop the pic?

 

[promisetbg]

Look up a sea hare in the Dolibrifera species.If it is a sea hare,when touched the tissue will seperate,and a shell will emerge.Their shell is under their tissue.

 

[magnus042]

ill try to get a better pic when he next emerges. are sea hares beneficial?

 

[promisetbg]

Yes,sea hares eat algae.