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[ryangrieder]

found this guy today... in my reef... if its not reef safe ill be pissed...

ive seen them many times and cant remember what it is...

pure black. slug or nudi style body. might be a small white dot on its back. two litte tenticles near face... about 1 inch by half inch in size...


its in a stupid position to take a picture, ill try again when it moves...

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

looks like a flat worm

 

[Mattl22]

I don't see anything

 

[Mattl22]

Now I do and no idea

 

[ryangrieder]

Help help...

 

[ryangrieder]

Help help...

 

[ereefer]

I would say either a flatworm or nudibranch. Either way I would remove it.

 

[guarda]

i stared at your pic until I saw the immaculate mary and i still can't see anything

 

[ryangrieder]

If you look at the picture. In the center, the black area that looks like just a mark or a shadow between the one piece of rock... that whole circle is the worm or whatever...

 

[marrone]

It looks like a Black Keyhole Limpet. You should see a white shell in the middle, where the black flesh covers over. They're reef safe and only come out when the lights are off. They're actually very cool to have in your tank.


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

 

[ryangrieder]

It looks like a Black Keyhole Limpet. You should see a white shell in the middle, where the black flesh covers over. They're reef safe and only come out when the lights are off. They're actually very cool to have in your tank.

Hmm... I looked that up and i did see a few pics that the black fleshy area does look the same. I did not see a shell but did see a small white spot on it's back. I may not have looked hard enough though and maybe could have realized it was a shell. If i ever see it again I'll look harder next time and see. Is he a cleaner or anything? Seemed cool looking, but if only comes out at night may be rough. Ill look longer when i get home from college today. Thanks

 

[marrone]

Generally you can't see the white shell, as the black usually covers it. You need for it to close somewhat to see it. If it just comes out at night it's most likely is a Black Keyhole Limpet. They general graze on algae on the rocks and glass and don't knock anything over, even though they do get to be a pretty good size.

 

[ryangrieder]

Awesome. Thanks a lot man

 

[Boomer]

That is a poor pic but I tend to agree with Marrone for now.

 

[Bryceandmandy]

It looks like a Black Keyhole Limpet. You should see a white shell in the middle, where the black flesh covers over. They're reef safe and only come out when the lights are off. They're actually very cool to have in your tank.


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

yessir, we had them in our last tank. started with one and eventually had toooonsss. they used to shoot out eggs simultaneously which was actually kind of gross but the corals seemed to like it.