crazy nudi's

[swims withthe fishes]

i found this nudi rustling through the GSP... any ID?

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

Put it back on the GSP. If it eats them, you would have a gold mine! There are so many people that would love to have something eat all their GSPs.

As for what it is, I'm not sure. It's most likely a specialized eater like most nudibranchs. If someone is able to give you at least a Genus name, then you can look through the different species of that genus here for a match. http://seaslugforum.net/specieslist.cfm

 

[swims withthe fishes]

it deffinately ate some of the GSP. i thought it was the gsp acting funny at first as it is pretty camouflage in there.... it was dumb enough to leave the bush where i could see it just sitting on a rock...
i totally don't want it eating the GSP in my show tank... i'm sure that he isn't going to starve in the spec. cup for a while as he ate quite a bit before he left the rock....
what do i do with him?

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

As silly as it sounds, I would actually sell it. You might have to feed it every day to every other day, but I'm sure it wouldn't take much.

 

[LeslieH]

It's a Phyllodesmium. Members of the genus are predators on soft corals.

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

LeslieH has it. I just found out that it was Phyllodesmium briareum. More information can be found here http://seaslugforum.net/factsheet.cfm?base=phylbria

 

[VAreefer]

swims withthe fishes
I will buy it!!!!!

Mike