Limpet vs chiton vs stomatella vs snail

[MurphyLong]

I'm dealing with an outbreak of feather dusters. Man those things reproduce quickly! I figure they too will eventually taper off... but then again, I am guilty of being an over-feeder, so maybe not.

 

[ReeferNoob4ever]

Maybe I'm just too laid back but I don't worry about these critters unless they are harming my tank (like getting stuck in impellars, etc.). We have little oceans in our tanks, these things come and go...

 

[karimwassef]

Given that most are not confirming chitons or limpets (heard other snails, worms, feather dusters, etc,...), so far it looks like these specific inverts are not very commonly seen in large quantity.

So something is helping them thrive in my tank and I may not be able to reproduce it in the next.

For those who do have large populations of LIMPETS & CHITONS, do you do anything different or special?

In my case- I don't run a skimmer + no mechanical filtration of any kind + no UV + kalk dosing only + large turf scrubber + heavy feeding

 

[jlmawp]

Given that most are not confirming chitons or limpets (heard other snails, worms, feather dusters, etc,...), so far it looks like these specific inverts are not very commonly seen in large quantity.

So something is helping them thrive in my tank and I may not be able to reproduce it in the next.

For those who do have large populations of LIMPETS & CHITONS, do you do anything different or special?

In my case- I don't run a skimmer + no mechanical filtration of any kind + no UV + kalk dosing only + large turf scrubber + heavy feeding

I have a sponge filter and a powerhead. Stock crappy LED light with my nano, but i keep my levels pretty consistent. At first, I noticed 3 or 4 of the chitons on one rocks months and months back, but after taking a night-time tour of the tank last week, discovered a crapload more. Not sure why they exploded now and not a year ago, but I guarantee it's not because of anything special or expensive. Neither of those adjectives apply to my tank. Just good conditions and plenty of food on the rocks, I guess.

My guess is that after my crazy cyano plague, they are taking the place of other things that may have died. Just a theory though.

 

[karimwassef]

Ok. So healthy, but "dirty" and "cheap" applies to both our tanks

 

[jlmawp]

The way I see it, nature is usually kinda dirty.

 

[MurphyLong]

The way I see it, nature is usually kinda dirty.

That's how I like it! ...and my wife