daveisrael
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Loved your article. These little guys never get much attention.
I was reading what you wrote about Shield Limipets (Scutus unguis) not surviving very long or reproducing in reef tanks. I bought a small piece of live rock about a year ago to put in my propagation tank. I noticed two of the little black guys (Shield Limpets) in the prop tank after I put the rock in. After reading about them I put them into my display tank. Almost a year later, I have about twenty of them that I have counted (probably many more that I have not seen as they mostly come out at night). The original two are each about 1 1/2 to 2inches long now (started at about a 1/2 inch). They are great little grazers and do a terrific job of keeping the rock clean. They seem to reproduce like crazy though! Are they egg layers?
I've also transferred them back into my prop. tank and also a small 20 gallon that is only filtered by live rock and powerheads (no fish in that one). They seems to grow and reproduce no matter where I put them. I don't know why more people don't use these guys, they don't bother anything (besides algae) that I can tell.
Just thought I'd let you know.
Dave Israel
I was reading what you wrote about Shield Limipets (Scutus unguis) not surviving very long or reproducing in reef tanks. I bought a small piece of live rock about a year ago to put in my propagation tank. I noticed two of the little black guys (Shield Limpets) in the prop tank after I put the rock in. After reading about them I put them into my display tank. Almost a year later, I have about twenty of them that I have counted (probably many more that I have not seen as they mostly come out at night). The original two are each about 1 1/2 to 2inches long now (started at about a 1/2 inch). They are great little grazers and do a terrific job of keeping the rock clean. They seem to reproduce like crazy though! Are they egg layers?
I've also transferred them back into my prop. tank and also a small 20 gallon that is only filtered by live rock and powerheads (no fish in that one). They seems to grow and reproduce no matter where I put them. I don't know why more people don't use these guys, they don't bother anything (besides algae) that I can tell.
Just thought I'd let you know.
Dave Israel