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Nah. They do have some anesthetizing chemicals that they use to capture prey, but it's not going to nuke your tank like some of the ultra-toxic...
I couldn't see the video originally, but I can now. I've never seen them in person, so I haven't seen them feed, but it looks like it might be a...
It's a fissurellid, in the Keyhole Limpet family. They are only distantly related to the "limpets" that breathe air (Siphonaria species). Some...
Here I is. Truth is, it might have been coincidental that the Turbo was spawning and then ended up upside down, but...lots of reef animals,...
Yes, it's a chiton. He's a fairly harmless little grazer. Cheers, Don
It looks like D. polymorpha, but that's not the best photo angle for a positive ID. As I'm sure you know, there are several distinct but similar...
What some of you don't realize is that Siddique doesn't live in Iowa or Colorado. Trinidad/Tobago is its own source for fantastic tank residents,...
They'll kill shrimp that aren't sick. They first wrap up the legs, then crush them together and break them. Once the shrimp's legs are...
This happens over and over. Then, without fail, someone will come on and say how they've never had a problem with brittlestars catching and killing...
That's a Turbo. He eats algae. Cheers, Don
Your name wasn't too far off. It was originally called Stomatella nigra until they figured out that the only difference was the color. Cheers,...
Yeah, it's a cool critter, and is probably harmless. It's not one that I recognize offhand, but some photos in a shallow dish of water from a few...
Not exactly a whelk, but it's a predatory muricid. It's most likely a snail eater, but there are a couple of snails that look like yours which feed...
"Sand stars are greedy predators of mollusks, worms, crustaceans, and other sea stars and their relatives. They dig up their prey and swallow it...
Yes, that's much better! It is a Stomatella, and an unusual color form. Cheers, Don
From those views, you could have any of a bunch of different unrelated creatures. If you want a positive ID, you'll probably have to remove it...
Yes, but probably even worse, lol. The most obscure fish families tend to get about a hundred times as much attention as tiny marine gastropod...
Not particularly. Those genera +Homalopoma are almost exactly alike, and they're even in the same family and subfamily. Chances are pretty good...
They may be Bothropoma species rather than Collonistas, but they're in the same family. Good algae eaters either way. Cheers, Don
Ya, it's in the Ark Clam family, probably a "Turkey Wing." They don't do much, nor hurt anything, but they may react to light or a shadow. Cheers,...
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