Limpet ID?

Zpmada · 01/03/2021, 09:53 PM

Does anyone know what kind of limpet this is? A good one or bad? Do they all eat coralline algae?

Thanks

Sk8r · 01/03/2021, 10:59 PM

You will come to BEG for something to eat coralline algae. If you have any scarcity of it, keep your parameters where mine are in the sig line---most particularly the magnesium. It thrives on magnesium.

I must have over 50 limpets, a little steeper and looking smaller than yours, and have never known them to harm anything.

Zpmada · 01/04/2021, 10:01 AM

My parameters are:

Salinity: 1.026
Temp: 72.9F
pH: 8/8.15
Alkalinity: 8.5dkh
Nitrate: 0.2ppm
Phosphate: 0.05ppm
Calcium: 440ppm
Magnesium: 1400ppm
Potassium: 420ppm

This is all 10 days AFTER a 10% water change and no dosing of anything. Seemed odd. Thought I would have to dose something after 10 days.

Sk8r · 01/04/2021, 11:29 AM

Your salt mix contains all needed traces. It's not just sodium chloride. Dosing is only to keep alk/cal/mg levels up when you have a lot of stony corals sucking calcium like mad: all other needs are satisfied by water changes, which of course brings in fresh salt mix. When your tank passes five years old, you may need to do some repeated major water changes to renew these balances, but that's far in the future.

01/03/2021, 09:53 PM	#1
Zpmada Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Phillipsburg, NJ Posts: 95	Limpet ID? Does anyone know what kind of limpet this is? A good one or bad? Do they all eat coralline algae? Thanks Last edited by Zpmada; 06/22/2021 at 08:26 PM.

01/03/2021, 10:59 PM	#2
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	You will come to BEG for something to eat coralline algae. If you have any scarcity of it, keep your parameters where mine are in the sig line---most particularly the magnesium. It thrives on magnesium. I must have over 50 limpets, a little steeper and looking smaller than yours, and have never known them to harm anything. __________________ 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%.

01/04/2021, 11:29 AM	#4
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Your salt mix contains all needed traces. It's not just sodium chloride. Dosing is only to keep alk/cal/mg levels up when you have a lot of stony corals sucking calcium like mad: all other needs are satisfied by water changes, which of course brings in fresh salt mix. When your tank passes five years old, you may need to do some repeated major water changes to renew these balances, but that's far in the future. __________________ 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%.

01/04/2021, 10:01 AM	#3
Zpmada Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Phillipsburg, NJ Posts: 95	My parameters are: Salinity: 1.026 Temp: 72.9F pH: 8/8.15 Alkalinity: 8.5dkh Nitrate: 0.2ppm Phosphate: 0.05ppm Calcium: 440ppm Magnesium: 1400ppm Potassium: 420ppm This is all 10 days AFTER a 10% water change and no dosing of anything. Seemed odd. Thought I would have to dose something after 10 days.