Reef Safe Limpet?

Fungusamongus · Apr 8, 2024

Can anyone tell me if this is a reef safe limpet? Hard to grab a good photo. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

IKD · Apr 8, 2024

I don’t know of any non-reef safe limpets. The one in the picture should be reef safe.

GlassMunky · Apr 8, 2024

IKD said:
I don’t know of any non-reef safe limpets. The one in the picture should be reef safe.

Key hole limpets from the Caribbean are coral eaters.
I had 2 that ate my blastos.
There was also another recent thread where someone had one eating acros and other corals as well.

Gtinnel · Apr 8, 2024

It looks like the ones I’ve had in my tanks without any issues. From my limited understanding if they don’t have a hole in the shell then they should be fine.

ISpeakForTheSeas · Apr 8, 2024

True limpets (no hole on top of the shell) are safe - two subfamilies of Keyhole limpets (some species of which are found in the Caribbean/Western Atlantic) are known to eat corals.

For more info, see my post in the thread below:

Acro Eating Limpets

I wanted to post this for some visibility as I do not believe it’s too well known that certain limpets will eat acros. I believe they are sourced from the gulf. I have only had them in my last 2 builds (started in my 25 > upgraded to 150 and transferred rock) and I have had multiple orders of...

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IKD · Apr 8, 2024

GlassMunky said:
Key hole limpets from the Caribbean are coral eaters.
I had 2 that ate my blastos.
There was also another recent thread where someone had one eating acros and other corals as well.

…and I’d like to add that I am now aware of certain non-reefsafe limpets LOL