what is this

[rsmith56]

It only comes out at night and it stays by my star polips. I havent seen it eat any of them yet any info will be great. Thanks

 

[DrHank]

Looks like some kind of nudibranch.

 

[Tomoko Schum]

It's kinda hard to tell from the picture, but it looks like a chiton. Does it have 8 segmented body?

http://www.reefs.org/hhfaq/pages/picture_pages/faq_chiton.html

Chiton eats algae, bryozoans, diatom, etc. by grazing on rocks.

Tomoko

 

[greenbean36191]

It's definitely a chiton in the genus Cryproplax. The name means hidden shells, so it's kind of hard to see the segments to count them.

 

[DrHank]

I stand corrected. It does look like a chiton. Than's what happens when I respond before I've had my coffee!

 

[rsmith56]

what is this

thanks for the info

 

[j1b1e1]

If you decide to frag the green pearl coral let me know. "The little bubbles look cool." - as stated by half of the people that look at my tank. It's somewhat depressing that they notice the things I'm trying to get rid of and not the ones I have difficulty keeping. I agree, that is a chiton, in my previous tank I had several and never had any problem with them.