What is this???

[Tturtudau]

Hi, wonder if anyone can help me identify this weird creature I discovered in my marine tank. Ia about 1 inch long, brownish has spikes and seems to move on some mini spikes. Is it a sea cucumber? I got some live rock so might hitchhiked on it...

 

[kharmaguru]

Can you take a picture under white light?

 

[griss]

Yep, a less blurry picture under white light will allow us to help you ID the creature. The current picture is too blurry/blue to even hazard a guess.

 

[wvned]

Know the minimum focus distance of your camera. Is there a macro mode? Shining a flashlight on what you are trying to image may help.

 

[Tturtudau]

Many thanks for coming back to me. I will adjust the light properly and take a better picture next time I see the creature.

 

[kharmaguru]

Many thanks for coming back to me. I will adjust the light properly and take a better picture next time I see the creature.

Is it fast? It looks like a cowrie but cowries have a foot like a snail not "mini-spikes".

 

[wvned]

All I see is the egg thing from Alien that opens before one goes on your face.

 

[Tturtudau]

I got it. Loves going at night.

 

[kharmaguru]

Still thinking a cowrie or abalone. You ever see a snorkel or antennae protruding?

 

[griss]

Sure looks like a cowrie with the mantle completely covering the shell.

 

[griss]

@Tturtudau did you use live rock? If so, where did you buy it from?

 

[Tturtudau]

Hi,
Yes used live rock. Got it from someone who wanted to use the fishtank to host some turtles and sold the whole lot. I have 2 hermits, turbo snails and a conch (& 2 clowns) but this thing just appeared so assumed was hiden somewhere

 

[reefing102]

Definitely appears to be a cowrie to me as well. Just not sure what type

 

[Grin Reefer]

Can you "tickle" the cowrie's mantle to retract it and get a picture of the shell?

 

[griss]

Can you "tickle" the cowrie's mantle to retract it and get a picture of the shell?

Good thinking