Oyster Hitchhikers? OK?

cjmdh

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I ordered a CUC from reef cleaners.org and they are doing a great job! When the Florida Ceriths went in we didn't notice that they had anything on them. Now most of them have 2 or 3 oysters on their shells. A few no longer look like snails. They look like mobile oyster farms. I am guessing that since they are doing so well it's a good sign, but knowing the kind of waters oysters grow in this doesn't mean much.
So, my question is, I'm not going to end up with oysters all over my tank am I? (Other than on the snail shells that is.)
This guy has two on him.
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I have some similar looking Ceriths from them but I was under the impression the snail hitchhikers were slipper limpets
 
Yeah iPhone pic with the blue lights doesn't look very good. They are almost translucent to white, definitely bi-valves, if they get spooked they snap shut. I tried to get a pic of the guy that has the biggest ones on him but it really didn't turn out. I'll try to get a better shot of some with a gel filter when I get home.
 
Here is another crappy pic of two of them with oysters on them. You can see that the one is white-ish. I messed with color balance to get rid of some of the blue.
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Cannot seem to get a good picture of them. The one that has the three huge oysters is not in a good spot to photograph.
Normal shell
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Mutant Oyster shell
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