It's always fun finding babies!

[Ben Weaver]

I just found these in my overflow and thought I would share it with you all!
Elephant sea slugs(Scutus antipodes) I have no idea how many there are but I have seen at least 5-7.
I have two adult Slugs, so I guess they reproduced :)

 

[WV Reefer]

I just found these in my overflow and thought I would share it with you all!
Elephant sea slugs(Scutus antipodes) I have no idea how many there are but I have seen at least 5-7.
I have two adult Slugs, so I guess they reproduced :)

They are sooo cute!

 

[Holy_makerel]

Cool!!

 

[reef lover]

Thats awesome!...do you grow sps??

 

[Ben Weaver]

Thats awesome!...do you grow sps??

If you meant "eat" sps? Not that I have seen, they just graze algae :) but I don't have tons of sps either.

 

[reef lover]

Just wondering if u kept them but sounds like u know theyre rumored to munch on sps.

 

[Ben Weaver]

Yeah i keep them! I think they are pretty cool and havn't had any problems with them.

 

[shred5]

Just wondering if u kept them but sounds like u know theyre rumored to munch on sps.

I have never heard this sure you are not thinking of a limpet? some types of limpets do.

 

[JaimeAdams]

Those guys are awesome.

 

[Ben Weaver]

I have never heard this sure you are not thinking of a limpet? some types of limpets do.

I never heard that either?

 

[SMB]

Not really a Sea Slug as it has a shell. They are also hard to tell from S. breviculus, Ducks Bill Limpet. All are Fissurellidae, the Keyhole and Slit Limpets.
I have 12-15 in my 40 cube and started with a single hitchhiker. Have not seen their eggs but there are always a few small ones in the back sump. I have never seen them on corals but my only sps are policiporas.
They seem to be strictly algae grazers and come out at night only; you would be hard pressed to find one in my tank during the day. Every once in a while I will harvest a few for friends.
They do a great job keeping the rocks clean without knocking things over.

 

[Dave Splain]

Finding babies is always awesome!

 

[VbReefer]

I have hundreds between my 3 tanks.
Nocturnal.
Black shield limpet

http://www.seaslugforum.net/showall/scutus

There's similar ones in Australia that get HUGE. Largest I've seen in aquaria is about 1.5" in length.

 

[Ben Weaver]

I have hundreds between my 3 tanks.
Nocturnal.
Black shield limpet

http://www.seaslugforum.net/showall/scutus

There's similar ones in Australia that get HUGE. Largest I've seen in aquaria is about 1.5" in length.

Yeah mine havnt gotten huge either.

 

[reef lover]

I had one that munched a stylo once he got big...never touched anything before that.