unknown creatures!?!?!?!?!?

[Flats Man]

first off what are they?
should i remove them?

 

[killingseed2000]

hard to tell from those images, maybe a chiton? if so ther are safe.

Indo Pacific Snails

 

[Speg]

Could be a limpit or a chiton.

Limpit could be a slight danger...and chitons can get annoying for their amazing ability to cut into the rockwork and eat coraline. I've heard that they're even able to cut into the glass of the tank.

A limpit will have more of a pointed shell and a chiton will have a slightly rounded shell that resembles a coat of armor.

 

[IPisces]

That second pic looks like a nudibranch. Could be a bad zoa eating nudi or it could be a berghia that eats aptasia. Hard to tell from the pic.
Berghia
Berghia Nudibranchs, The Size of Aiptasia Destruction!


1st pic does look like a chiton. In case you havent found info on it yet here is a pretty good page
http://www.bing.com/reference/semhtml/?title=Chiton&src=abop&qpvt=chiton&fwd=1&q=chiton

 

[Flats Man]

yea i have no clue if that first one is a chiton, its similar but it has one of those tentacle head things that pokes up and seems to lead the way. and that second one is definitely a nudibranch of some kind.. if it helps the spikes look lime green under the blue LEDs. ive only seem him twice now so if i should remove him i need to know as soon as possible.

 

[gilmour01]

pull the nudi, leave the other one.

 

[Flats Man]

thanks
got alot of these stars, what is their proper name?

 

[ashton]

the stars are mini brittle starfish

 

[Speg]

Those stars are keepers by the way.

 

[IPisces]

Yeah, get rid of the nudi, cause you can never be sure. If it is a berghia and you dont have aptasia, it would die anyway and the others, you dont want.
The mini brittle stars are great. I have hundreds of them. If there is any food lying around anywhere, they will find it and clean up for you. You will see their legs sticking out of the rocks all over.

 

[Flats Man]

yea well i do have alot of them and i have a harlequin shrimp coming friday, will he eat them or will i have to supply other stars?

 

[Flats Man]

Yeah, get rid of the nudi, cause you can never be sure. If it is a berghia and you dont have aptasia, it would die anyway and the others, you dont want.
The mini brittle stars are great. I have hundreds of them. If there is any food lying around anywhere, they will find it and clean up for you. You will see their legs sticking out of the rocks all over.

the others meaning that other thing crawling up the back of the tank?

 

[stoneroller]

You'll need to supply a separate food source for the shrimp. he'll blow through small stars quickly and will require large specimens for good health.

 

[Flats Man]

ok but he will definitely eat them?

 

[stoneroller]

Not sure on the mini brittle stars. He'll take care of any Asterina starfish you may have. Think of those as appetizers anyway, he needs a big steak.

 

[IPisces]

the others meaning that other thing crawling up the back of the tank?

No, what I meant by others were, the other types of nudibranches. Some other types will eat zoas and maybe other corals. And we dont want that now, do we:squigglemouth:

 

[IPisces]

Dont harlequin shrimp only eat the.....I think you call them, chocolate chip starfish? I know every time I see them in the LFS, thats what they are eating.

 

[Flats Man]

idk ill update on friday if he eats a brittle...