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Woohoo! Possible baby chitons!

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by JB, Jun 13, 2009.

  1. Jun 13, 2009 #1
    JB Marion

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    When we did the CR group cleanup crew buy earlier in the year, I picked up a few chitons.   These are algae eating machines and they've done a great job of keeping nuisance algae out of my frag tank.
    Tonight I noticed what looks to be baby chitons (about 1/4" long) on the glass in my refugium!   Nice!   Hopefully they make it to my display tank as well.
    -JB
     
  2. Jun 13, 2009 #2
    AJ

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    That's cool! I wish some of the snails that I have did a better job at cleaning up the glass. Maybe I just need more of them. I don't have chitons...maybe I should get some. Good luck with the little guys!

    --AJ
     
  3. Jun 13, 2009 #3
    jtesdall

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    Hey JB, do they do any good on the egg crate? I am fighting hair algae on my racks.
     
  4. Jun 14, 2009 #4
    JB Marion

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    Joel,

    I used to have nasty hair algea problems in my Frag Tank, but I added a combo of chitons, emerald crabs, peppermint shrimp and a few other types of snail and it's really helped clean things up. I still have some problems with the glass, but the frag rack and the frags themselves stay clean so it's most likely the Emeralds that are doing most of the work.

    -JB
     
  5. Jun 14, 2009 #5
    jtesdall

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    Sorry to sidetrack the thread JB. Thanks a lot, looks like I am going shopping. Are those emeralds able to get on raised egg crate shelves as well?
     
  6. Jun 14, 2009 #6
    Bela

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    The emerald in my 10g display is somehow able to scale the glass about half way, sometimes more. I douvt that it will have much trouble getting up your egg crate /DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default/emoticons/wink.gif
     

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