Thought a mushroom showed up...what is this?

[Sniperhank]

I looked in my tank today and found this thing near my other mushrooms. Thought a blue mushroom grew out of one of the rocks. No biggie. I find it had moved up the rock alittle bit ago...it was still moving...with legs... I poked it. It has a mouth in the center of it.

 

[Crystal A]

?????????? Stumped looks flat possibly a nudi?

 

[Sniperhank]

That would be one large nudi. It's the size of a half dollar! Thought I'd have seen mostly everything common. Unless one of my ric morphed to move?

 

[Keithhjs]

Looks like a nudi to me. Seen pretty big ones before.

 

[Sniperhank]

Wow, any clue what this [moderator edit] big thing would eat?...besides my precious coral...

 

[jjamontan]

Look at the nudi's at liveaquaria see if it looks like the one they have black and blue.

 

[Sniperhank]

Sadly that isn't it. Mine is flat and round. I hope it isn't a nudi like no else. I'll have to look hard and hope I'm not missing any mushrooms...which is where it appeared.

 

[Robert_ellis]

What is this nudi thing

 

[Sniperhank]

A nudibranch. Very specific dieted invert, a sea slug basically. Many eat things you like to keep, monti's and zoas most commonly. One type on the market eats hair algae and is the only one I'm aware of that you'd want. They almost always look exactly like what they will eat and blend in easily. I've had 2 that ate my blue symphodium that it took forever for me to find and remove.

 

[Sniperhank]

Checked the tank last night and this morning...can't find the thing...or one of my ricordeas...

 

[jjamontan]

Sorry to hear about all of this, looks like you will be hunting for this at night.

 

[Sniperhank]

Have once again done battle with this thing. Still not out of the tank as I couldn't get at it. But I hope it enjoyed the toothbrush to the back that caused my fire shrimp to go ballistic on its back.

 

[Sniperhank]

I GOT IT! It is def a nudibranch. I spent half an hour atleast watching it...had to pry it out with an aiptasia-x needle. It was on there good...Actually wondering what it was eating. It did not want to let go of this area of rock it was on...what I thought was rock. It turned out to be a pocket of dead money plant I must have missed when cleaning the rock when I first got it that the nudi appeared to be eating as well. Now resides in my FOWLR setup.

 

[Keithhjs]

Glad you got it!

 

[Crystal A]

Ha I was right! Funny

 

[Robert_ellis]

So I have 2 nudis both different color and neither one go after my coral. I've always had them and never have had corals be eaten so just cause you have them doesn't always mean they are bad. Just like fish I think each one is a hit and miss as in you never know what they are gonna eat unless you see damage from them.

 

[Sniperhank]

It is, but an unknown type of animal that is known to eat corals with specific types within their family. Just being cautious, so it has been relocated into my FOWLR system.