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[Jamesonfamily]

Found this green guy in my tank, nothing is missing or munched on yet. Appears to be a type of slug ??


Jameson

 

[Jamesonfamily]

Green nudibranch ? Is all I am finding, reef safe?


Jameson

 

[Sniperhank]

Looks like it could be one. Is there anything in the tank that looks like it? Nudibranch will look like the thing they eat. So, one that would feast on yellow leather coral for example will be yellow.

 

[Jamesonfamily]

Not at this point, I am assuming it came on a piece of rock I added today.


Jameson

 

[Jamesonfamily]

Thanks for the reply Sniper, I will move him to another tank with no coral.


Jameson

 

[Sniperhank]

Just get rid of him. If he came in on a rock, that means he was eating something on the rock or the tank it came in on. It will simply starve to death without the food source. Is there anything on that rock that looks like it would eat? There could be eggs in there if that is the case and this is a nudibranch.

 

[Jamesonfamily]

Already pulled the rock as well, there is a purple Monti cap on it so no it does not look like anything on the rock.


Jameson

 

[Jamesonfamily]

Could this be a sea slug? Found this pic online for sea slugs.


Jameson

 

[Jamesonfamily]

Found it,
Phyllidiella pustulosa


Jameson

 

[Sniperhank]

Interesting bugger. What is he supposed to eat?


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[Jamesonfamily]

Still trying to find out, hmm. I have him in the cube with some zoas. He has not touched any.

 

[mr_X]

Green could indicate that it's an algae eater primarily....Put some nori on a clip and see if it ends up there. Might be a cool addition after all.

 

[dylan p]

I'm pretty sure it eats algae. I would keep it


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