Likes chitons

mark · #1 01-11-2007, 01:30 AM

But hey, can only find one aiptasia

andsoitgoes · #2 01-11-2007, 01:35 AM

Oh no! LOL - crap, I didn't think about that when I bought my chiton. D'oh.

EVIL SHRIMP!!

Joe Reefer · #3 01-11-2007, 02:06 PM

Nice shot, did you catch him with the lights off. I have watched my peppermint shrimp do the same thing with small snails.

mark · #4 01-11-2007, 02:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joe Reefer

Nice shot, did you catch him with the lights off. I have watched my peppermint shrimp do the same thing with small snails.

In the open with the MH on.

Got 2 a couple of months ago (one's MIA now) but from the start they both were always visible during the day, but usually under a ledge.

i have crabs · #5 01-11-2007, 02:19 PM

mine perfers colt coral frags,but at least he also eats aiptasia

Delphinus · #6 01-11-2007, 05:41 PM

That's not a chiton, that's a stomatella snail.

But yeah shrimp (at least both peppermints and cleaners, IME) will pretty much decimate a tank's population of stomatella snails. Too bad but I guess there's always some give and take no matter what you choose to keep...

Funky_Fish14 · #7 01-11-2007, 11:24 PM

Looks like a Chiton to me, It appears to have seperated scales along the back and the rest of the 'hard' part to the sides of the scales is visible?

What a bummer on that one Mark!

Chris

Delphinus · #8 01-11-2007, 11:34 PM

You can see all that? It totally looks like an slightly-out-of-focus-upside-down-stomatella to me, ... I'll have to take your word on it.

Funky_Fish14 · #9 01-11-2007, 11:45 PM

I hope you dont think im trying to be rude..?

Here is a pic of what I am looking at, the black lines point to the 'seperations' that I see, and the pink lines just point to the whole outer edge of the body, I've had chitons 'roll up' in that fasion in my hand... it just looks like many I have seen:

Hopes this clarrifies? Maybe im way off the ball here..

Chris

Delphinus · #10 01-11-2007, 11:49 PM

Not necessarily off the ball and no I don't think you're being rude and I hope you don't think I'm being rude

I'm just thinking it looked more stomatella-ish to me. I can see the bits you're pointing at, ... Without a better look though (which I assume won't happen now with this particular individual) I think it could go either way.

I'm not saying you're wrong ...