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BillyBigReef
04/22/2013, 01:56 PM
anyone know what this is? Snail?


https://imageshack.us/a/img856/2535/20130422152105.jpg
leveldrummer
04/22/2013, 02:32 PM
nudibranch
accordsirh22
04/22/2013, 07:35 PM
nudibranch, do you know where it came from? it probably only eats 1 specific food
pagojoe
04/24/2013, 08:44 PM
Yes, it's one of the obligate sponge eaters. It won't hurt anything in your tank, but it probably won't live very long.

Cheers,



Don
BillyBigReef
04/24/2013, 08:49 PM
why? saying the rate he eats vs growth of sponges? It's pretty cool... Looks like a sports car... instead of the cartoon "Cars" it could be "Nudibranches"... not funny I know.. but they do look like an import car or something....
BillyBigReef
04/24/2013, 08:53 PM
I really can't remember where the live rock was from. Bought it at Aquarium Adventures before I found out about Cora.. If that helps it was there 12 dollar rock.. I'm guessing a hitchhiker from those.
Sugar Magnolia
04/25/2013, 05:29 AM
It won't live long because it's diet is sponges. Once the sponges are gone in your tank it will starve to death.
Polina Rodionov
04/25/2013, 02:55 PM
I assume that this is Platydoris sanguinea.
pagojoe
04/25/2013, 03:37 PM
It actually looks to be a chromodorid, but I haven't had time to search for the species. Seaslugforum.net is off line, hopefully not permanently. Platydoris sanguinea has a pattern of short hair-like lines on the dorsal surface, normally. I've also never seen one with the white and purple markings on the margin?

Cheers,



Don
pagojoe
04/25/2013, 03:56 PM
...and Welcome to Reef Central, Polina :)
Polina Rodionov
04/25/2013, 04:01 PM
:) Thank you for your hospitality)
pagojoe
04/25/2013, 04:19 PM
Hmm, I can't see the gills extremely well, but... juvenile Hexabranchus sanguineus, perhaps?