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[Brian Therien]

Any ideas? 3 month old reef tank with live rock.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

It's a limpet. A very cool one.

 

[Brian Therien]

Good? Bad? Indifferent? I just noticed it moved since I took the picture so I'm guessing it's living, not just a plant. Do they grow?

 

[Lionfish Lair]

That's about as big as it will get. It's a snail. They don't move around very much, but sometimes they get some giddy-up and you can see them moving faster. It's a good guy.

 

[Brian Therien]

That's about as big as it will get. It's a snail. They don't move around very much, but sometimes they get some giddy-up and you can see them moving faster. It's a good guy.

Cool, thank you very much. I read that they could have an appetite for soft corals such as zoanthids. One of my zoanthids hasn't opened in 2 or 3 weeks. But the other colonies have not been disrupted at all. Do you think there's any correlation?

 

[Lionfish Lair]

No, I don't believe he's harming your zoanthids.

 

[Boesemani]

Most smaller limpets are fine wit all coral and are good with cleaning algae. It's just larger limpet species such as keyholes that go for coral.

 

[Nibejeebies]

I have a similar one that hitchhiked in ... His name is Bill. He tends to stay under my Palythoas and Xenias other than his shell cuting a small part of the Xenias losse from time to time I've had zero issues in 6 months.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

This one is fine.