SRC Member mv3i Posted December 9, 2002 SRC Member Share Posted December 9, 2002 hey guys ... found this little thing in the tank on the glass this morning .... some kinda of slug thing i reckon can someone tell me if it's harmful to the reef ??? can i leave it or should i throw it away ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member mv3i Posted December 9, 2002 Author SRC Member Share Posted December 9, 2002 closer look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member [d]3v|L Posted December 9, 2002 SRC Member Share Posted December 9, 2002 izit brine shrimp? Quote ORDed back to studies and reefing again.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member mv3i Posted December 9, 2002 Author SRC Member Share Posted December 9, 2002 no ... i dun think so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Phang Posted December 9, 2002 SRC Member Share Posted December 9, 2002 I think it's a nudibranch... a trinonia maybe... Caught one recently too from my reef.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member mv3i Posted December 9, 2002 Author SRC Member Share Posted December 9, 2002 what to with it ... now in the plastic cup ... quite cute there .... ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member [d]3v|L Posted December 9, 2002 SRC Member Share Posted December 9, 2002 kill it.. Quote ORDed back to studies and reefing again.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achilles Tang Posted December 9, 2002 Share Posted December 9, 2002 That's a nudibranch. I have a lot of these in my reef tank too... and they seem to love eating diatoms/microalgae off the glass... any fish that pecks at them will spit them out instantly... bad tasting I presume... chemical defense. They seem harmless, I don't see them on my corals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member mv3i Posted December 9, 2002 Author SRC Member Share Posted December 9, 2002 so you left them in the main tank as algae eater ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achilles Tang Posted December 9, 2002 Share Posted December 9, 2002 Yup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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