What is on my elegance coral???

[bigdan3489]

I was just looking over my tank and I noticed something moving at the bottom of my elegance coral. I've seen it before but thought it was just a shell stuck to it but it is definitely moving and opening and closing its mouth. What kind of hitchhiker is this and is it bad? It looks like a clam or scallop if some sort......

 

[bigdan3489]

 

[Lionfish Lair]

I think you are correct. I would say clam.

 

[bigdan3489]

Cool, from what I am reading they are harmless which is good cause it's pretty cool

 

[Shep]

What do you think [HASHTAG]#reefsquad[/HASHTAG] ?

 

[hybridazn]

It's a scallop. My maxima clam had one on its shell as well.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Could it be a slipper limpet?

EDIT: No, changed my own mind on that one.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

The scallops I'm used to don't have the the "beak" or the "nose" shape on the back. Not saying there aren't varieties that do, they're just not what I'm used to seeing.

Does it come to a soft point?

 

[bigdan3489]

I would say yes it has a soft point, here are some more pics

 

[bigdan3489]

 

[bigdan3489]

 

[hybridazn]

Could it be a slipper limpet?

EDIT: No, changed my own mind on that one.

I don't think, the shell shape resembles more of a scallop/clam than a limpet/snail

 

[bigdan3489]

 

[Lionfish Lair]

That's moving about? If it is, it looks like an intertidal limpet.

 

[bigdan3489]

It does open and close, are those ok to have?

 

[Lionfish Lair]

I don't think, the shell shape resembles more of a scallop/clam than a limpet/snail

Nope, I agree. That's why I changed my mind, but I didn't want to erase what I said.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

OK, I'm getting confused. Does he change locations or is he "stuck" in one place and just making bivalve motions?

 

[bigdan3489]

I have a video of it but I can't figure how to upload it from my iPhone

 

[bigdan3489]

He is just making bivalve motions, he has been on my coral since I got it but I thought it was just a shell till I started to see it move today

 

[hybridazn]

Nope, I agree. That's why I changed my mind, but I didn't want to erase what I said.

Haha whoops sorry, you must have ninja edited it as I quoted it because I totally missed that lol