What is this...three?
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greystreet41
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to add, it's larger than a quarter in diameter===no shell
crumbletop
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That could be a silicone eating nudibranch. The only way to get rid of them is to let your main tank sit free of silicone for 5-8 weeks.
Fanof49ASU
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Did you get that from the Critter? I believe that I saw one of those in their rock tank.
mamagoose45
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We've tried a few slipper abalones before and they never seem to make it more than a few weeks (if that even) so we've seen them before. And we got them at the Critter from the nano up on the end of the desk, if that's what you are thinking Fanof49ASU...
I would say it's not your basic slipper abalone though. From looking at it when we first saw it, it was almost melted onto the rock - looked exactly like a black sponge, with moving "antennae" though. As Brian mentioned, it doesn't seem to have a shell to the best we can tell, so it doesn't have the shell "vent" holes that the regular abalones have. The frilly skirt around the edges and the antennae do however look a lot like an abalone...
Hmmmm...the quest for an ID continues still.
I would say it's not your basic slipper abalone though. From looking at it when we first saw it, it was almost melted onto the rock - looked exactly like a black sponge, with moving "antennae" though. As Brian mentioned, it doesn't seem to have a shell to the best we can tell, so it doesn't have the shell "vent" holes that the regular abalones have. The frilly skirt around the edges and the antennae do however look a lot like an abalone...
Hmmmm...the quest for an ID continues still.
Fanof49ASU
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Could be.....they may have moved it there. They were keeping an eye on it when it was in the rock tank. It was there a couple of weeks ago.
mamagoose45
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Interesting. I thought you might have been thinking of the regular ones they have for sale from time to time...
Did they seem to have any idea what it was?
Did they seem to have any idea what it was?
pitbullpooch
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agreed. I had one that looked just like that one and was told it was a chiton.<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9858991#post9858991 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rcmike
It's a chiton.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiton
Fanof49ASU
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I think either Chris or Ken identified it.....but they kept it in the rock tank after the id. I dunno.
Travis L. Stevens
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It's a Scutus
pitbullpooch
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now that you said that and i looked into the scutus that is what it looks like to me. Ill have to tell my lfs owner that he was wrong :lol: hes usually really good at id's but i guess you cant always get it right in this hobby.
mamagoose45
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After looking around online after Travis' ID and talking to the guys at the Critter...we're pretty sure it's a "scutus antipodes" or an Elephant slug.
pitbullpooch
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from what i read an elephant slug is just another name for the scutus. maybe thats what you meant by your reply though.
greystreet41
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definitely scutus....the white part is even visible at times as described here...
http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet.cfm?base=scutus
