ID Please!!

[premilove]

Hey RC. I just saw this little guy creeping on my rocks. I think it's a black nudibranch. I am not sure! It is jet black with white speckles. Is he coral safe?

 

[cloak]

From that second picture, it looks like a Polyclad flatworm to me. It might be a nudibranch though. Maybe somebody else will chime in.

 

[premilove]

Interesting. I don't seem to find that exact color.

 

[premilove]

Bump??

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Could be a scutus.

 

[premilove]

ID Please!!

It really does look like a Dendrodoris nigra nudibranch. It does not have a shell like the scurus, or limpet

 

[pagojoe]

It's D. nigra. Shouldn't hurt anything that doesn't live under the bottom of your rocks.


Don

 

[premilove]

Alright cool. So sps LPS safe? Or should I fuge him?

 

[FishInABarrel]

I have one of these nudibranchs in my tank. It's probably 2.5" and hasn't bothered any of my corals (open brain, hammer, zoas, shrooms and gsp). I was a little worried about my coral and about it nuking my tank if it died, but members here on RC said it won't.

 

[pagojoe]

He should be a cryptic sponge eater. Which means...if he's crawling on your LPS, his sponge supply is probably running low. He shouldn't bother any of your corals.


Don

 

[premilove]

I saw him crawling on my rocks not LPS. I gave him to a friend that needed some sponge maintenance. I appreciate the help!