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Aquattro 02-01-2013 02:01 PM

Keyhole limpets/SPS
 
Recently my LFS showed me a branch of SPS skeleton that a customer had brought it, and it was infested with keyhole limpets. These are tiny (2-3mm) limpets that appear to burrow into the skeleton. The customer was losing acros and finally found these things. I've asked for a live branch to check under the microscope to get a better look.

Just what we need, yet another SPS pest :)

reefermadness 02-01-2013 02:19 PM

wild acro or aquarium grown?

Aquattro 02-01-2013 02:21 PM

Darryl, I'm not sure. Haven't got a lot of info and I don't know the guy affected. Trying to get more info though. The one branch, about 5 inches, produced about a dozen limpets. Then I found a couple more still buried in the branch.

Bblinks 02-01-2013 06:23 PM

Interesting Brad, thanks for sharing...

Found a link on some info for it.

kien 02-01-2013 06:32 PM

Awesome. One more thing to lose sleep over.


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