ID: ? with shell

ChiiBear · #1 11/02/2007, 05:23 PM

Hi,

Saw a lot of these in my sump, inside skimmer as well. Should I do anything with them? Are they bad? Will they mess up the pump?

Thanks!

LeslieH · #2 11/02/2007, 07:49 PM

They're limpets. Simple grazers on algae, micro-algae, and bacterial film. Overall they're reef safe although I don't know if they'll mess up the pump.

Has any RC member had any negative experiences with these guys?

lancer99 · #3 11/02/2007, 08:10 PM

Never had a bad experience with them...IME they cling so tightly to the rocks, or whatever, that they never got into my overflow, or into the pump.

-R

ChiiBear · #4 11/03/2007, 01:48 AM

Thanks for the info!

KUDA · #5 11/03/2007, 07:50 PM

I have tons in my tank. They have never messed with anything.

ChiiBear · #6 11/04/2007, 12:07 AM

The funny thing is I don't seem to see any in my main tank and refugium. They are in my sump and mostly in protein skimmer. I guess they were sucked in from the slimmer pump when they were tiny and just stay there.

mamagoose45 · #7 11/05/2007, 12:05 PM

We have a TON of them in the sump/skimmer and have had no real issues with them. We have a few stragglers in the tanks and have seen no damage - they just cruise around munching on the algae along with the snails. Pretty cool looking critters in my opinion.