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Member Boards => erky => Topic started by: erky on August 23, 2018, 12:21:12

Title: pest or benefit
Post by: erky on August 23, 2018, 12:21:12

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thoughts?

Title: Re: pest or benefit
Post by: docsky on August 23, 2018, 13:03:25

I have had lots of those guys for years in my tank. Also have a solid purple type. They only issue for me is i find them in my skimmer body sometimes and i worry if they would might mess up my pump. So far they have been a welcome CUC addition to my tank. I would guess i have had them 10 plus years.

Title: Re: pest or benefit
Post by: erky on August 23, 2018, 13:08:58

thanks doc, dipped a coral the other day and one came off, didnt think much of it till i grabbed a plug that has been in my tank forever and it was covered with them. just wanted to validate!

Title: Re: pest or benefit
Post by: docsky on August 23, 2018, 13:19:29

95% of the ones i find are under rocks or plugs. I never see them out in bright light so i am guessing that they are nocturnal grazers.

Title: Re: pest or benefit
Post by: lazylivin on August 23, 2018, 16:53:00

I have lots as well. They keep the racks and frags really clean of algae. Like Docsky I don’t see them in the day time but do at night with a flashlight on glass and racks

Title: Re: pest or benefit
Post by: merlin3 on August 23, 2018, 20:00:28

Chiton? Have tons of them hidden away. Never seen one be a pest

Title: Re: pest or benefit
Post by: erky on August 24, 2018, 09:10:50

chiton for sure, couldnt find a name of them thanks.