sea slug

[scooter blenny]

read about the sea slug. Most of them are reef safe. They are very colourful and cute...

can someone share their experience with these creatures....

Thought of keeping some of them. think they will brighten up the LR at least..

[fangtooth]

i was about to ask the same thing.......hehehehe!!!!

[reefer guy]

IME, its hard to kept alive for long in captivity...

[seamonkee]

read about the sea slug. Most of them are reef safe. They are very colourful and cute...

can someone share their experience with these creatures....

Thought of keeping some of them. think they will brighten up the LR at least..

They don't have a very long lifespan and some of these when they die, release toxins in your tank and some of the reefers I know here have the experience of their tank being wiped out completely because of these toxins...

The only nudibranch (aka seaslug) that feeds on algae is the lettuce nudibranch. The rest usually feed on sponges or some parasitic ones, on corals...

Think carefully before u purchase one. If u need more advice, check with FuEl.... He is a nudibranch fanatic....

[fishnerd]

Hi, I agree that nudibranchs can be difficult to keep without knowing their proper diet. Some marine animals need to have a specialised environment to keep and most importantly to observe them.....Dun't want them "lost" in the main tank right? Try putting them in a small tank by themselves, with sponges and some gorgonians, saw a set-up like this at E**A*qaristP*ace in Siglap. ...quite nice really

[holyspirit]

hehe me keep a colourful see slug in my tank.. so far it is okie...

it really brightens up my tank~~hehe

heres a pic of my sea slug..though it is not that clear... keke

[hamannbmw]

how much u bought ? feeding on sponges ?

[holyspirit]

i think i bought it around 8 dollars.....

me dun keep sponges in my tank.....

so so far nothing happen in my tank... hehe

[scooter blenny]

i asked becasue i broguht a colony of buttons.... and to my surprise..... came out 6 sea slugs, 2 starfishs and 1 snail (all very small one).

So far, they are ok. feeding on my unwanted sponges.

[hbpencil]

hehe me keep a colourful see slug in my tank.. so far it is okie...

it really brightens up my tank~~hehe

heres a pic of my sea slug..though it is not that clear... keke

Anyone help what this feed on? Don't know lucky or not but got this as a hitchhiker (also don't know noe how).

[neokn]

hehe me keep a colourful see slug in my tank.. so far it is okie...

it really brightens up my tank~~hehe

heres a pic of my sea slug..though it is not that clear... keke

This slug feeds on sponges.

[jesperlam]

My avatar!

[neokn]

I have one of this also. On the first day it manage to trim down my orange sponge by a bit.

[hbpencil]

This slug feeds on sponges.

Thanks, any specific kind of sponges? Or any sponges?

[neokn]

The fella doesn't seems to like orange sponges but it definitely like blue sponges cause I saw LFS feeding them with that.

Does your slug stick near the surface most of the time?

[hbpencil]

The fella doesn't seems to like orange sponges but it definitely like blue sponges cause I saw LFS feeding them with that.

Does your slug stick near the surface most of the time?

Not really, but like to stick on the glass mid-depth. Is it cheap to get blue sponges? Also, it is easily to maintain these sponges as my tank does not have chiller. Or anyone got extra blue sponges to donate?

[neokn]

Shouldn't be too expensive, quite commonly from in LFS.

[bum]

some nudis feed om sponges, some on flatworms.

however, the diet for most species of nudibranches are unknown....

so it would be unadvisable to try and keep one if you do not know

its specific diet.

most likely it will either slowly starve to death or eat you precious reef.

leave them in the sea where they belong

[neokn]

Do a search on the net and you will get the answer to the question on the diet of the sea slug. That's how I know yours feed on sponges and so does my.

[neokn]

I found a very interesting forum on sea slug only. Check this link .

[tineng]

This slug feeds on sponges.

not all sponge...they are quite selective when it comes to sponges....mine slowly stave to death after 2 months....even though it lay eggs....