I found this in my tank tonight and was not a fan of me shining light on it. It kind of looks like a chiton, but I’ve never seen a chiton that looks like this before.
Any ideas?
Doesn't seem like a chiton; chitons only have a single row of shell "segments," and they do not have long filaments extending from their sides. It might actually be a scale worm, which can be predatory and do not seem to last long in aquaria according to this site: http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-04/rs/index.php
I found this in my tank tonight and was not a fan of me shining light on it. It kind of looks like a chiton, but I’ve never seen a chiton that looks like this before.
Any ideas?
Hmm possibly a scale worm. It doesn’t look like a bristle worm. It visually looked like a mix between and isopod and a chiton. Didn’t move super fast, but faster than a chiton (but the side legs were moving) . Thought this was kind of a weird thing and it’s hard to tell from the picture.
Thanks for all the ideas.