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Old 09-27-2011, 09:00 PM
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What eats coraline algae other than urchins? I want to reduce mine, just wondering if anything else eats this stuff.
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I've read that asterina stars do, but I don't notice that mine actually eat it.
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Chiton if you can find one.
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Chiton if you can find one.
Thats a neat little creature, I have never seen one of thoes.
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Turbo snails
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Turbo snails
Pretty sure they don't eat coralline
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