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I Have Chitons!!!!!!!!! |
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03-30-2003, 04:04 PM
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Mayor
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Birmingham, Al, USA
Posts: 815
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I Have Chitons!!!!!!!!!
SO, lately, I haven't been doing much onthe tank, been busy with other interests. I was actually seriously considering breaking it down, since all that is really in there are a couple of damsels.
Last night, I had occasion to happen close to the tank for a minute. HOLY CHITONS BATMAN!!!!!! I have known I had at least 2 in there for a couple of years, I had spotted them at various times. LAst evening, I counted about 10 all along the sandline (and slightly below), ranging in size ftom about 1/2 cm to 1 cm as the largest. The older ones I had spotted at various times (the parents) are approx 3/4 of an inch at last spot. WOOT!!!!! Tanks not coming down now, infact, this week, she's gonna get a bunch of work!@! Just thought I'd share.  |
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03-31-2003, 11:30 AM
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Mayor
Join Date: May 2001
Location: USA
Posts: 941
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Good for you!
Whenever my interest would start to wane, I would add a new creature or find someting new in the tank I hadn't seen before, and my interest level would immediately increase. |
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03-31-2003, 11:54 AM
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Governor
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Northern CA
Posts: 2,171
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heres one i found a couple weeks back -hes over two and a quarter inches -and looks different than the other dark brown ones ive seen in my tank .
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03-31-2003, 12:23 PM
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Mayor
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Birmingham, Al, USA
Posts: 815
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WOW!! The mantle on that one is really huge. THe bony plates seem almost vestigial.
Mine are white W/ little red corraline looking spots on their plates and mantles. Adult size for them seems to be about an inch or so. Your's is Huge- |
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03-31-2003, 02:48 PM
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Polymath
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Cherry Hill, NJ
Posts: 526
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Cool!
I had at least one in my tank, but I haven't seen it in months. I wish it would come out during the day sometime.
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04-04-2003, 01:09 AM
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Mayor
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Birmingham,AL U.S.A.
Posts: 980
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congrats Bio! What are you gonna name um
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04-07-2003, 05:17 PM
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Mayor
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: MA.
Posts: 534
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What is a Chiton? Are they beneficial to the tank? How big do they get and what, or who, do they eat?
Thanks, CaptK |
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04-07-2003, 05:58 PM
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Governor
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Northern CA
Posts: 2,171
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chitonsare small molusks with overlapping plates of shell .they feed predominantly on microalgea..usually the worst they do is eat some coralline .they can also reproduce rather quickly in some cases.
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04-22-2003, 12:56 AM
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Electrical Madman
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: charlotte
Posts: 71
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i found one in my tank, but didn't know what it was. i pulled it off the back glass of my tank and wound up killing it. i was said. i wish i would have known.
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04-25-2003, 04:40 PM
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Just Moved In
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: NJ
Posts: 36
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I actually had a population explosion of Chitons a while back. (if you do a search for Chitons Boom!!! it should come up). I still have what I consider a lot (any time you look at the tank you are bound to see 2 or 3 on the glass - dozens at night) but they don’t seem to be causing any harm and my coralline seems to be able to grow at a rate that is at least steady with the rate that it gets eaten.
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