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asylumdown
08-07-2013, 07:14 PM
I know that some of these guys can be very bad. So far I almost never see them in the display, but they've definitely taken over my sump. They're even colonizing the inside of my protein skimmer. I don't think they're keyhole limpets, but that's where my knowledge of limpets ends
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mseepman
08-07-2013, 07:47 PM
Ditto...I have the same guys doing the same thing to my sump and overflow. Would love to have an ID

ScubaSteve
08-07-2013, 08:54 PM
I've had the same for several years with no issues. I don't have an ID unfortunately.

asylumdown
08-07-2013, 09:42 PM
well at least it sounds like they're not harmful to the tank. Though my fingers certainly don't appreciate them when I'm cleaning the skimmer collection cup.

I will let them peacefully be...

Dearth
08-07-2013, 11:15 PM
Sorry can't ID but found some reading material to put you to sleep by about Limpets

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_limpet

:sleep: