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04/03/2016, 12:55 PM
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Baby snails
Saw these in the filter sick today. Are they good or bad ones?
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04/03/2016, 01:01 PM
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They are limpets, they are harmless unless you have the kind with the hole in the top center of the shell. (keyhole Limpets).
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04/03/2016, 01:22 PM
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Thank you. Doesn't appear to have a hole at the top. Thank you. Never seen them in there before.
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04/03/2016, 02:45 PM
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I love them, I used to have them in a previous system and they would even clean the glass just below the sand level.
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04/03/2016, 02:51 PM
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Love limpets!
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04/03/2016, 02:55 PM
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Limpets are great cleaners and reproduce readily.
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Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%. |
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