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This is astrea and other agreed is a limpet snail and very good algae eaterLook like this?
Ya know, it kind of looks like a hole but super hard to tell from the angle. I'll have to try and get it out and get a closer look. Thanks for heads up!@Probiesmasher does it have a hole at the top? The black dot looks like a hole, if so it could be a keyhole limpet which are not reef safe.
Thankyou!limpet, they eat algae specifically.
This is not entirely true. There are tiny ones that are technically keyholes but are completely reef safe@Probiesmasher does it have a hole at the top? The black dot looks like a hole, if so it could be a keyhole limpet which are not reef safe.
Probably true Erin, I'd just defer to what Reef Cleaners says to be safe. Others like you or @ISpeakForTheSeas may be able to identify further, but without more readily available online info specifying the taxonomy of different keyhole limpets, i would default to it isn't safe.This is not entirely true. There are tiny ones that are technically keyholes but are completely reef safe
I've heard the claim of some keyholes eating SPS corals before, but I don't think I've seen anyone actually be able to verify that claim (though there are enough species of limpet out there that it wouldn't surprise me if some did eat SPS). That said, as mentioned at the end of my quote below, with limpets of any kind, I would assume they are safe until proven otherwise.Probably true Erin, I'd just defer to what Reef Cleaners says to be safe. Others like you or @ISpeakForTheSeas may be able to identify further, but without more readily available online info specifying the taxonomy of different keyhole limpets, i would default to it isn't safe.
Normal limpets are totally fine, but there's some speculation about Keyhole Limpets possibly eating SPS corals. If yours is a keyhole limpet (which it looks like it may be, but the photo is too grainy for me to tell you for certain), I don't know that anyone has actually confirmed that they eat SPS (much like how people believe "Asterinas" - actually Aquilonstra - stars might eat their corals: it might be a species specific thing, it might be a you have way too many starfish so they're out of other food options thing, it might be they're eating the slime coat/mucus on the coral rather than the coral itself, or they might just opportunistically eat unhealthy corals).
If it has a little "keyhole" or bullet hole looking hole on the back of it's shell (where the shell comes to a point) then it's a keyhole limpet.
Personally, I'd assume keyhole limpets are probably safe, but I know a lot of people would rather play it completely safe and not take the risk.
FWIW, I don't recommend going to reef cleaners for ANYTHING, let alone their website descriptions, but that's a discussion for another timeProbably true Erin, I'd just defer to what Reef Cleaners says to be safe. Others like you or @ISpeakForTheSeas may be able to identify further, but without more readily available online info specifying the taxonomy of different keyhole limpets, i would default to it isn't safe.
Haha, fair. They do have a good compendium of different types of CUC with pictures though.FWIW, I don't recommend going to reef cleaners for ANYTHING, let alone their website descriptions, but that's a discussion for another time
Not babies, but likely little chiton or limpets. Can you get a better picture of the top of the shell?do y’all know if these are baby snails
I can try sorry for the late response had life stuff going onNot babies, but likely little chiton or limpets. Can you get a better picture of the top of the shell?