Name That Creature!!!

afishybusiness · 06-26-2001, 11:12 AM

I found him on the rock, just chillin one day....out of nowhere!

afishybusiness · 06-26-2001, 11:14 AM

Here's another pic.

SKRIZ · 06-26-2001, 11:18 AM

anybody seen star trek 2, the wrath of khan? well, this thing looks like that creature that khan puts in people'e ears! I'm scared!

Biomanjcs72 · 06-26-2001, 11:47 AM

Chiton, definately a chiton. Harmless, algae or rock grazers. LIving fossil, very cool. I have a couple in my tank, never see them.

***Reefland*** · 06-26-2001, 12:07 PM

Yeah it looks like a chiton. They do eat algae, including coralline.

Scott

BTL · 06-26-2001, 12:16 PM

I have those too, they only really come out at night time. They survied the curing process on my fiji live rock!

Ira

Biomanjcs72 · 06-26-2001, 12:18 PM

They will eat coralline, they'll eat rock too, But they are largely aphototrophic (move away from light) and I doubt if you'll ever even notice their presence. (they do everything VERY slowly)

**scubadude** · 06-26-2001, 04:02 PM

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Originally posted by Biomanjcs72
They will eat coralline, they'll eat rock too, But they are largely aphototrophic (move away from light) and I doubt if you'll ever even notice their presence. (they do everything VERY slowly)

Bio can you tell me where you read this? Or where I can read more on them eating coralline? cuz from what I have read the chiton will mainly graze on algae and that is its main staple of food....I dont doubt it cuz they seem mainly stuck to the bottom of the rocks that are submerged in sand and they are practically superglued on there.

***Reefland*** · 06-26-2001, 04:43 PM

I have had several different chitons that came in with Gulf Rock. My experience is with them grazing on coralline algae's in addition to others. Not much loss from them and they were probably after other algae to begin with. They would also graze the bases of my soft corals, luckily with no ill effects.

Scott

FishKid · 06-26-2001, 05:25 PM

FWIW, I found something like that, dead in my collection cup!! It was so small, when I dumped the filter scum down the drain, I noticed it...

mark

Biomanjcs72 · 06-26-2001, 05:29 PM

I was referencing reeflands post for coralline, but I have seen them in the bahamas grazing holes into the tidal rock (they were about 4-5", and there would be two or three of them sometimes in the holes they were slowly making.) THeir holes were differently shaped than that of the rock boring urchin (echinometra la****er) also found in the bahamas. HTH

06-26-2001, 11:12 AM	#1
afishybusiness Citizen Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Louisville, KY USA Posts: 215	Name That Creature!!! I found him on the rock, just chillin one day....out of nowhere! __________________ Heck is where people go that don't believe in Gosh.

06-26-2001, 11:14 AM	#2
afishybusiness Citizen Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Louisville, KY USA Posts: 215	Here's another pic. __________________ Heck is where people go that don't believe in Gosh.

06-26-2001, 12:16 PM	#6
BTL Citizen Join Date: May 2001 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 208	I have those too, they only really come out at night time. They survied the curing process on my fiji live rock! Ira __________________ Violence Begets Violence! Dont fuel the deadly circle! CHOOSE PEACE!

06-26-2001, 04:43 PM	#9
*Reefland* Owner Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Bardstown, KY Posts: 13,147	Hey scubadude! I have had several different chitons that came in with Gulf Rock. My experience is with them grazing on coralline algae's in addition to others. Not much loss from them and they were probably after other algae to begin with. They would also graze the bases of my soft corals, luckily with no ill effects. Scott

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06-26-2001, 11:18 AM	#3
SKRIZ Council Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: SUWANEE, GA, USA Posts: 442	anybody seen star trek 2, the wrath of khan? well, this thing looks like that creature that khan puts in people'e ears! I'm scared!

06-26-2001, 11:47 AM	#4
Biomanjcs72 Mayor Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Birmingham, Al, USA Posts: 815	Chiton, definately a chiton. Harmless, algae or rock grazers. LIving fossil, very cool. I have a couple in my tank, never see them.

06-26-2001, 12:07 PM	#5
*Reefland* Owner Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Bardstown, KY Posts: 13,147	Yeah it looks like a chiton. They do eat algae, including coralline. Scott

06-26-2001, 12:18 PM	#7
Biomanjcs72 Mayor Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Birmingham, Al, USA Posts: 815	They will eat coralline, they'll eat rock too, But they are largely aphototrophic (move away from light) and I doubt if you'll ever even notice their presence. (they do everything VERY slowly)

06-26-2001, 05:25 PM	#10
FishKid Governor Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Holbrook, NewYork, USA Posts: 1,799	FWIW, I found something like that, dead in my collection cup!! It was so small, when I dumped the filter scum down the drain, I noticed it... mark

06-26-2001, 05:29 PM	#11
Biomanjcs72 Mayor Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Birmingham, Al, USA Posts: 815	I was referencing reeflands post for coralline, but I have seen them in the bahamas grazing holes into the tidal rock (they were about 4-5", and there would be two or three of them sometimes in the holes they were slowly making.) THeir holes were differently shaped than that of the rock boring urchin (echinometra la****er) also found in the bahamas. HTH

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