roly poly bugs on my snail?
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tramboneplayer5
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https://www.researchgate.net/figure/290459929_fig1_Figure-1-Colour-morphs-of-Lepidochitona-cinereus
It looks like the cream color one in the picture. The ones in my tank are about half that size, like 4 or 5 mm total. They have the same 8 section shell and fit the description I found on other websites. There's supposed to be 1000 different species of chitons, so I'll assume what I have is some kind of chiton that is half the size of L. cinereus. Everything I found says chitons eat algae and can maybe even help keep the glass clean. Let's hope we're right!
It looks like the cream color one in the picture. The ones in my tank are about half that size, like 4 or 5 mm total. They have the same 8 section shell and fit the description I found on other websites. There's supposed to be 1000 different species of chitons, so I'll assume what I have is some kind of chiton that is half the size of L. cinereus. Everything I found says chitons eat algae and can maybe even help keep the glass clean. Let's hope we're right!
Ron Reefman
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I believe you are right, they are chitons and they are good for your tank. Yours maybe smaller because they aren't fully grown yet.
tramboneplayer5
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Thanks for the help, guys. Any idea why they have congregated on the snails? All the snails have three or four chitons on their shells. There are only a few chitons in the rest of the tank.
