Good bug or bad bug?

Hedonist · 04/14/2006, 05:05 PM

cabin · 04/14/2006, 05:09 PM

Looks like a small chiton, don't you think?

Hedonist · 04/14/2006, 06:58 PM

How big do they get, this one is 3/4 in.. found two that size

denise

bunsenburner · 04/15/2006, 06:17 AM

Agreed a chiton. One of the cooler hitchers. They have a cool segmented shell. I've one about 1.5 inches. Only seen it once though. It seems to spend all its time in the dirt.

SaltyDogg · 04/15/2006, 09:16 AM

In one of my books it says that it is reef safe in most cases....

04/14/2006, 05:05 PM	#1
Hedonist Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Central Maine Posts: 1,495	Good bug or bad bug? __________________ "Anybody here see the sky weepin' tears for the ocean? Don't give me no hand me down world I got one already" Current Tank Info: 210 reef, 10g mantis, and freshwater planted

04/14/2006, 06:58 PM	#3
Hedonist Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Central Maine Posts: 1,495	How big do they get, this one is 3/4 in.. found two that size denise __________________ "Anybody here see the sky weepin' tears for the ocean? Don't give me no hand me down world I got one already" Current Tank Info: 210 reef, 10g mantis, and freshwater planted

04/14/2006, 05:09 PM	#2
cabin Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Maine Posts: 354	Looks like a small chiton, don't you think?

04/15/2006, 06:17 AM	#4
bunsenburner Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Portland, ME Posts: 596	Agreed a chiton. One of the cooler hitchers. They have a cool segmented shell. I've one about 1.5 inches. Only seen it once though. It seems to spend all its time in the dirt.

04/15/2006, 09:16 AM	#5
SaltyDogg Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 381	In one of my books it says that it is reef safe in most cases....