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MarkoD 10-25-2012 03:35 AM

What Is This?
 
Saw this thing moving along my locline.

it seems to be pretty flat, like some kind of slug.

anyone know if its good or bad?

http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...4at94041PM.png

http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...4at94102PM.png

BlueTang<3 10-25-2012 03:37 AM

stomatella

kien 10-25-2012 03:38 AM

Looks like a limpet.

kien 10-25-2012 03:40 AM

I vote for what BlueTang just said tho.

MarkoD 10-25-2012 03:45 AM

yup looks like a stomatella for sure.

moves crazy fast too

thanks guys

MarkoD 10-25-2012 03:53 AM

just looked with a flashlight and there seems to be a bunch of little ones all over the place.

looks like the population is booming now that theres no more mystery wrasse

MMAX 10-25-2012 11:47 AM

Seems like they come and go based on the amount of food there is to eat. When I frist got into the hobby about 5 years ago I noticed afew here and there. Wasn't long before they were everywhere. When the algae supply started disappearing so did they. They do a damn good job though.

Enigma 10-25-2012 12:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MMAX (Post 758166)
Seems like they come and go based on the amount of food there is to eat. When I frist got into the hobby about 5 years ago I noticed afew here and there. Wasn't long before they were everywhere. When the algae supply started disappearing so did they. They do a damn good job though.

I had a booming population until four weeks, or so, ago: when I realized I had a phosphate issue and started working to eradicate it. Now I don't see any. :(

They're awesome CUC members, and being that they multiply so readily in our tanks they're really nice to have.

canadianbudz604 10-25-2012 08:08 PM

stomatella
 
Yep they are wicked cuc members. I got around 30 of them cruising every where and they will eat all different types of algae. The ones that are on the glass eat green algae, cyano, coraline, anything they can basically.


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