New hitchhiker. Never had this one before.

[THE_MAD_REEFER]

Looked in the tank with a light to check the pod population and saw two of these. what the heck are they?

 

[hijinks7]

flatworms?

 

[Livinlocal]

Stomatella snails? It’s hard to tell

 

[THE_MAD_REEFER]

I think it's a scutus or elephant limpet

 

[TheEngineer]

That looks like a stomatella snail to me.

https://goo.gl/images/ATprPZ

 

[THE_MAD_REEFER]

That looks like a stomatella snail to me.

https://goo.gl/images/ATprPZ

I thought that too but this thing is all black. I have a video but it won't let me post it.

this looks like it.

 

[TheEngineer]

If you upload to YouTube , you can post the link here and it will show the video

 

[TheEngineer]

Looks like a cool hitchhiker if you’re right :)

 

[THE_MAD_REEFER]

Thanks. I'm pretty sure but I don't think they are common so not much info. I'm gonna post it to YouTube.

 

[THE_MAD_REEFER]

here is the video

 

[Sycoticrealm]

I just bought 4 of these black elephant limpets they're nocturnal always come out at night

 

[THE_MAD_REEFER]

I just bought 4 of these black elephant limpets they're nocturnal always come out at night

Is that it! Very cool if so

 

[Sycoticrealm]

Is that it! Very cool if so

Yes.

 

[Sycoticrealm]

Sometimes they look completely black other times you can see their white shell when they pull their fleshy slits open.

 

[reef lover]

They like to eat sps be careful....but beautiful!

 

[Sycoticrealm]

They do not eat SPS. They algae graze.
I use to breed them you are thinking of a Nudibranch. This is a Limpet.

 

[reef lover]

I'm not putting them in my reef tank! And FYI most of the key hole limpets eat sps...happy reefing.

 

[THE_MAD_REEFER]

dang! I hope he has enough other food to eat and leaves my coral alone. I will keep an eye out and get rid of them if I need to. Thank you for the article. What book is that?

 

[TheEngineer]

They eat cyano!? Sign me up!

 

[Jeepguy242]

i had one a while back... never bothered my coral, only came out at night, and destroyed GHA

i could see the patch he was grazing on in the morning was almost gone... didn't seem to like the longer hair algae, but if i pinched it off with my fingers to make it shorter he would always find the patch i worked on and clean the rest up for me...

i need to get another one