ID this in an abalone shell??
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WheatToast
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Is this a temperate tank?I think these are bryozoans, which are filter-feeders. I never had success with them in my temperate tank.
Bryozoans:
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Hungrypede
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Liveaquaria pictures show similar to yours, perhaps a feature and not a bug.
Its been about a decade since we could harvest abalone on the California coast, but if I recall they have similar feelers coming out of the top.
Where’d you purchase from?
Tropical Abalone Snail: Saltwater Aquarium Invertebrates
m.liveaquaria.com
Its been about a decade since we could harvest abalone on the California coast, but if I recall they have similar feelers coming out of the top.
Where’d you purchase from?
ying yang
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Only a guess ,but some kind off eggs?
If so idk what,but could start by looking whats in your tank and research If lay eggs and if do what they look like .
Or really half guess = sponge but doubt it
If so idk what,but could start by looking whats in your tank and research If lay eggs and if do what they look like .
Or really half guess = sponge but doubt it
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Hordearii
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This abalone was just introduced, nothing else that's been in the tank lays eggs, relatively new tank that just had trochus snails, but today added the abalone, 2 fighting conch, and 8 nassarius snails.
WheatToast
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WheatToast
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Given that they are filter feeders, phytoplankton dosing might help to keep them alive. This article states they are relatively benign:
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-10/rs/index.php
Somewhat unrelated, but these cool looking "bryozoan cups" sometimes enter the trade:
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