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It's called the clam's byssus, or byssal threads. Cheers, Don
That's what I feared. It's their standard M.O., although I've never seen one on frogspawn before.
Gotcha. It is a snail of course, just one from a fairly ancient family. I think it's a Diodora species. Here are some for your comparison:...
I think the feather-dustery things are part of the barnacles. The thing with the mouth that lives in the barnacle cone is also a barnacle :) The...
Yes, it's a keyhole limpet. It looks kind of odd, but it may just be my imagination. I'd guess it isn't one of the species that is likely to eat...
The Coralliophila eat very slowly, but may start doing more damage as they get larger. I've never seen one eating Frogspawn, but then again, I've...
He won't release toxins in your tank when he dies, but I suspect he's not going to live very long. This is another one of the obligate sponge-eating...
The last one is a Coral Shell, probably in the genus Coralliophila or it could be a Babelomurex, as they can look a lot alike. They feed on corals....
It's actually a "Fleshy Limpet," which is a kind of keyhole limpet. It's either a Lucapina or Lucapinella species, most likely. They have been...
LOL Well, that's the problem with common names. To me, if they're puffy, they're Sea Biscuits. If they are flat, they are Sand Dollars. To others...
It's a Sea Biscuit, which is of course an echinoderm related to the sand dollars (and sea urchins). They can crawl, but not very fast, and usually...
The Lightning Whelk is probably starving, although it might be subsisting on something else. I seem to recall that they've been caught in crab traps...
Awesome thread, Mel. The most amazing thing is that you haven't been flamed even once, on either bimac thread, LOL! You must be doing something...
Thanks Curt!
Ya, it does look a lot like some of the ones that show up in reef tanks, except for the shape of the thorax/carapace. The only ones I'd ever seen...
And sorry to be slow, was out entertaining my 8 year old for his birthday today!
You're close, it's almost a sea hare...at least, it's a harmless sacoglossan slug. Any slugs that have the slits down their backs are ALL harmless....
I love ya bro, but...that ain't no pycnogonid LOL (the thorax is more or less oval-rectangular on those, not wide on one end and narrow on the other)...
Hey somethingfish, They are most likely Turbo species, which will be safe algae eaters. You could probably keep 2 or 3 in a 150 if they are...
Could be, but the carapace looks too wide to be a sea spider. And of course, it's not climbing on zoa's, which I'd guess it should be if it were a...
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