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08-07-2001, 04:08 AM
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Tenant
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Concord, CA
Posts: 90
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Weird pill-bug in tank
Hi all,
OK, this may sound weird, but I have what looks like a pill bug in my tank. It came on a piece of LR I brought home a couple days ago. It's gray like a pill bug, about the same size, with tiny circles along its shell, and sort of a near-transparent skirt around it's shell, along the bottom. I doesn't move fast, extremely slow actually. I was wondering if any of you guys know what it is. Let me know, thanks guys. |
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08-07-2001, 08:59 AM
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Mayor
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Posts: 518
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without a pic its kinda hard but I would say it could be an isopod, copepod, chiton, amphipod etc.
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08-07-2001, 09:49 AM
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Just Moved In
Join Date: Jun 2001
Posts: 23
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That's a pretty good description of a chiton.
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08-07-2001, 11:06 AM
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Mayor
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Birmingham, Al, USA
Posts: 815
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Yup, Chiton...Actually, they (and pill bugs) are in the same class if I remember correctly, PolyPlacophora.
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08-07-2001, 06:39 PM
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Tenant
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Concord, CA
Posts: 90
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cool, chiton eh? Are they harmful to reefs? thanks for the quick replies btw.
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08-07-2001, 10:18 PM
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Just Moved In
Join Date: Jun 2001
Posts: 23
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Nah. They be good. Some people pay money for them. Good luck trying to pry them off of anything. I had one in a container once and had to cut the container up and place the plastic it was glued to on the bottom of the tank. A few hours (and one inch) later it was back in the sand.
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