Barnacles??

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Hey all,
The tank is finally set up and we did a good cleaning of the tank but a few of these guys are left… are they dangerous to the tank? Look like barnacles or some sort of muscle?

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Definitely looks like keyhole limpets.
Not limpets, they don’t move and their shell isn’t conical. Wish I could get a better picture but they are in the back of the tank and I didn’t take a pic when it was empty ‍♀️
Looks conical to me, I even see the snail heads on some of them. And they are grazing on a patch of algae back there.
 
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They don’t move. But whatever they are the Elmer as crab is going ham on them
 

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