Found this nudi in my q-tank? Any ideas?
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tahoe61
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Nudibranch
Nudibranch
There are so many different types of Nudibranch and they usually eat one kind of coral or another. Some eat specifically toad stools others only zoas. If it were my tank I would get rid of it to the sump or the LFS. I love the way they look but I would not chance it, and that one looks like the kind that eats soft corals. Sorry not a good answer and yours obviously like hard corals, I have done so many searches for them and it take alot of time and sometimes you can not even find the specific one you are looking for, may look alike but not quite. Good luck.
Nudibranch
There are so many different types of Nudibranch and they usually eat one kind of coral or another. Some eat specifically toad stools others only zoas. If it were my tank I would get rid of it to the sump or the LFS. I love the way they look but I would not chance it, and that one looks like the kind that eats soft corals. Sorry not a good answer and yours obviously like hard corals, I have done so many searches for them and it take alot of time and sometimes you can not even find the specific one you are looking for, may look alike but not quite. Good luck.
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LeslieH
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Not so, sorry. This one isn't even a nudibranch although it is a sea slug. It's a saccoglossan in the genus Elysia. Saccoglossans are all algae eaters; most feed on green algae and are very specific in their eating habits. It would only have been on your chalice because it was moving about searching for food.
tahoe61
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Sea slug
Sea slug
Yep you are right, after going and doing my research it is a type of Sacoglossan (sap sucking slug) and they are herbivores. WOW, alot of info on them and really interesting stuff, regarding being solar powered! The general consensus is that no Nudibranch are herbivores. So the fact that it's a Sea slug that does not eat corals is good. Thank you for the information, learn something new everday.
Sea slug
Yep you are right, after going and doing my research it is a type of Sacoglossan (sap sucking slug) and they are herbivores. WOW, alot of info on them and really interesting stuff, regarding being solar powered! The general consensus is that no Nudibranch are herbivores. So the fact that it's a Sea slug that does not eat corals is good. Thank you for the information, learn something new everday.
