Imteresting black Slug like animal.

[Ben Weaver]

Does anyone have any clue what this might be? I found him in my sump.
The white line in the center is raised and hard. And the black part is softer, more rubbery.

 

[dew9000]

Scutus sp

 

[Gweeds1980]

Does anyone have any clue what this might be? I found him in my sump.
The white line in the center is raised and hard. And the black part is softer, more rubbery.

Oooh... exciting!! That's a Scutus antipodes, from the GBR. Harmless algae eaters and they get big... up to about 5 inches... keep him and keep us updated!

They're molluscs, most closely related to limpets, although they look more like nudis.

Kinda a half way house between the two...

 

[Gweeds1980]

That white bit is it's shell btw.

 

[mfinn]

I've seen them referred to as elephant snails.

 

[Best Fish-Jake]

Aka 'black elephant ear limpet'

 

[Ben Weaver]

Thank you guys for the responses! Thats really cool hes in my sump, maybe ill catch him and put him up in the display so i can see him more often!

 

[Florida Sunshine]

I had one wandering my tank for a while but then he disappeared never to be seen again. It was fun to watch while he was around though and never caused any problems.

 

[Ben Weaver]

I put him in the display and was able to get some better pictures of him.

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[Ben Weaver]

Oops idk why the zoas went in that post! Lol

 

[Best Fish-Jake]

Those guys are great algae eaters.. Eventually they do get quite large and will decimate nearly any green algaes