pink slug/snail looking thing

[kontogsl]

I just spotted this on one of my rocks. I'm not sure what it is. Any help would be appreciated.

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[WatercolorsGuy]

Hard to tell...maybe some sort of chiton.

 

[cdrewferd]

Small sea cucumber?


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[WatercolorsGuy]

Hard to tell...maybe some sort of chiton.

http://www.oregontidepooling.com/tidepooling_on_the_southe/chitons/

Link to some examples...

 

[kontogsl]

I think it is a Chiton. What I read says they have hard plates on their backs and this looks like it has a shell on it.

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[kontogsl]

Also it says they curl into balls when they get pulled off of the rocks which this one did. Thanks.

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[WatercolorsGuy]

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Examples of different types

 

[ReefCheif]

Are they good or bad? Ive seen a couple in my tank, never thought anything of it, they seem to scavenge the rocks. Now im curiuos.

 

[WatercolorsGuy]

Are they good or bad? Ive seen a couple in my tank, never thought anything of it, they seem to scavenge the rocks. Now im curiuos.

I have a couple in my tank, never saw them behaving badly. I even bought a big one from Reef Cleaners...unfortunately it didn't make it...hard to ship apparently. The ones they sell they say do great at eating algae.

 

[ReefCheif]

Cool. Ill leave em be!

 

[Wicked Color]

Stomatella, anybody wanna bet?

 

[Ghosty]

Definitely not the prettiest things, lol. Like slimy rolly pollies, or something prehistoric. Some nudi's are so beautiful though.

 

[jahmic]

I ordered a (fuzzy) chiton from Reefcleaners as well. It didn't move for 2 days and I thought it was dead...but then it disappeared into hiding. Now I see it probably about once or twice a week at night.

They (or at least the sp I have) tend to pick an area of your tank and stay there...mine has done an AWESOME job of keeping the shelf rock where it resides clean, as that bare rock gets blasted by my MH all day.

A word on moving them...reefcleaners warned that they attach very well to rocks with their mouths, and that yanking them off wherever they are attached usually damages their tissue/mouth enough to kill them.

 

[daveydoodle]

Stomatella. I have several.

 

[daveydoodle]

Here's one of mine. Fun to watch, harmless