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WEBNov 21, 2018 · Some limpet species are herbivores and are beneficial to even a reef aquarium. But even the herbivores can become harmful if there is not enough food for them in the aquarium. Limpets will typically not reproduce to any significant number in the aquarium, and physical removal is usually a sufficient control for …
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WEBJul 17, 2019 · My Limpets do sometimes climb out of the water an inch or so. No harm, just what they do. Never had any clog a power head or filter. They seem to avoid them. My Limpets constantly lay eggs in a horse shoe type circle. Never have any babies reach adulthood because my six line wrasse eats them.
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WEBMay 3, 2016 · Some limpet species are herbivores and are beneficial to even a reef aquarium. But even the herbivores can become harmful if there is not enough food for them in the aquarium. Limpets will typically not reproduce to any significant number in the aquarium, and physical removal is usually a sufficient control for the SPS coral aquarist.
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WEBAug 31, 2024 · I just got some astrea snails, and noticed 1 looked like it had a deformed shell. After doing some research I discovered it could be some type of limpet. I was able to pull it off, and the snail seems to be fine. Anybody know what exactly it is? Snails are currently in my invert QT. Is it anything to be concerned about before putting them in ...
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WEBApr 10, 2023 · 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 ...
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WEBJul 8, 2024 · That's a lot of limpets, but I agree with @WalkerLovesTheOcean.Manual removal will probably be best. Some fish and inverts may eat them, but from what I understand, those options will likely cause rebound issues, such as eating coral and other desirable inverts.
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WEBJan 27, 2020 · ISpeakForTheSeas said: hoof snail (taxonomic family Hipponicidae). Some of the species you’d find on things living in shells feed on the waste of their host, others basically feed on whatever is brought into their range by their host. Harmless, sessile, and a neat find. Reactions: 1epauletteshark, JJshives and Soren.
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WEBDec 15, 2020 · The shape is kind of limpet-like, but it really looks like an orange chocolate chip? I'm not even certain how that picture was taken but the results made me want a chocolate chip cookie. Probably a limpet. Picture of the foot! Edit, and how big is that monster? I can't really tell from the photo 1mm or 1 inch
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WEBOct 7, 2021 · Limpets have no poison. It wouldn't do them any good to poison an entire coral colony, because then they wouldn't be able to eat it, if coral was what they ate. All of that green area is dead skeleton with algae on top. The limpets are probably eating the algae, and have made holes in the dead skeleton to live on.
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