Mussel species?

[Brandon3152134]

Found these mussels on a coconut and put them in my macro algea tank anyone know what they could be.

 

[vetteguy53081]

These aren’t mussels but rather these are common on live rock and represents a clam but better known as bivalves which are closer to a scallop and filters the water for food and are short lived in captivity several months

 

[Maritimer]

Neither mussels nor any other bivalve mollusc - those are goose barnacles. They often grow on stuff that's floating around in the ocean - no idea whether they can survive in a reef aquarium.

~Bruce

 

[Brandon3152134]

Well I guess we will see thanks lol

 

[Brandon3152134]

I've been feeding them reef roids with the other creatures in my tank and I guess we will see how long they are sustainable

 

[najer]

Found these mussels on a coconut and put them in my macro algea tank anyone know what they could be.

Not a clue but they are very cool looking.

 

[Brandon3152134]

Update the muscles are responding very well to reef roids and seem to beginning to reattach themselfs to the rock

 

[Brandon3152134]

Goose neck barnacles **

 

[Brandon3152134]

Yall were right I feed them heavily but they died out one by one