Amazing what you can find

[MJAnderson]

I tore down my tank and put all my rock into a feed trough to "cook" for a few months until I put a new tank up. Low and behold this guy shows up.

kinda freaked me out at first but found out he's a Scutus--- safe algae eater. Who knows how long he's been hiding in my rock...

 

[serpentman]

ewwww, I mean kewl!

Neat find. It is amazing (and scary) what you can find.

 

[Tswifty]

Looks like this guy... about halfway down the page.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1410901&perpage=25&pagenumber=18

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13030083#post13030083 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by melev
A few months ago, Dave gave me a Limpet. I wanted one, and his have been breeding in his system. It's been in my quarantine tank, but I may move it to the prop section soon. It was out of sight for almost a month, but last night it appeared.

 

[Tswifty]

Aha... just realized a Scutus is a Limpet...

http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet.cfm?base=scutus

Sorry for the interuption... back to your regularly scheduled programming :lol:

 

[MJAnderson]

They do look alike...maybe mine is half limpet, half scutus. =)

I think I had seen him(her?) before, but thought it was a black sponge. Said they can get up to 6" and mine's that size now, so it's been around the block...

 

[Aadler]

thats kinda gross, not sure the wife would like that one showing up. Cool to find at random tho!

 

[CleveYank]

That's neato sparky!
What a find.

 

[gskidmor]

i actually bought one before from salty for $2 - it lived for about a year!!