Interesting looking nudi

[flyyyguy]

any ideas??

Its about 3/16" long

 

[LeslieH]

It's a Tritonia or Tritoniopsis. The shape of the rhinophores & cerata is very distinctive. They're very common hitchhikers on the soft corals they eat.

 

[flyyyguy]

Thanks leslie.

It was on the glass at the lfs...thought it looked pretty neat

 

[swsmr]

this thing eats corals, i wouldn't buy anything from a lfs that doesn't groom his corals befor he put in in the main tank, you never know what esle is in there

 

[flyyyguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11954474#post11954474 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by swsmr
, you never know what esle is in there

exactl;y, who knows what else is in there. thats why you assume EVERYBODY is infected

when i said this thing was on the glass It wasnt exactly true. the owner knows i like pests and saves the for me. he had it in a container when i got there for me. Not sure where exactly he found it...i should have just said it came into the lfs...didnt think it mattered but since you bring it up.......

whether or not a LFS grooms thier corals it is our responsibility to assume everything is infected and practice preventative measures accordingly.

Its hard enough to keep pests out of our displays buying aquacultured frags from fellow hobbyists. Try running hundreds of new corals through your tank every week both wild and aquacultured, and then try to claim you are 100% pest free. Aint gonna happen

all they can do is try and this one in question does

 

[pagojoe]

Well, I think it's extremely cool. If I had a tank full of its food species, I think I'd keep it and let it eat!

Cheers,



Don

 

[flyyyguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11958698#post11958698 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by pagojoe
Well, I think it's extremely cool. If I had a tank full of its food species, I think I'd keep it and let it eat!

Cheers,



Don

I woud so love to set up a pest tank.

mantis, eunicids, polyclads,nudis and whatever else. I think pests are really neat animals. I like to take pics and play with them any chance i get.

 

[greenbean36191]

I used to have a tank devoted to these guys and I bough corals specifically for them to eat.

 

[teenreefer]

that would be a cool idea to have a pest only tank