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[hagfish]

Anyone know anything about this nudibranch? Is it reef safe? Is it poisonous? Will I be able to feed it if I decide to keep it?

 

[Chelsey]

I *think* it might be a zoo eating nudi.

 

[Sk8r]

Or maybe bergeii, which eats aiptasia. Hint: where you found it is probably what it prefers to eat.

 

[hagfish]

I found it on the shell of a cerith snail.

I haven't noticed any deaths of corals or other livestock. I also haven't added any live rock in months.

 

[Letmegrow]

bergeii ? You mean Berghia.

Aeolid nudibranch, preys on cnidarians - Corals and anemones.
Might prey on other things such as bryzoans, tunicates, and sponge.

It is no good if a reef, probly mildly toxic, nothing your system should notice. They are very easy to keep, If you decide to keep it, offer it a wide array of softie corals to feed on.

 

[hagfish]

Thanks Letmegrow! That's a pretty expensive diet. I think this guy's going to live his last moments in a trash can.

I just saw this nudi on an Animal Planet show. I think it was 10 most extreme body shapes. I couldn't remember anything they said about it though. It does seem like the things on it's back were poisonous.

 

[Letmegrow]

They harbor the stinging cells of the corals or anemones they eat in their backs. Not too much of a threat to anything.

In a display it is best to get rid of them since they are hermaphrodites. If you have two, you could have more.