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travisr100
10/22/2013, 06:47 AM
Are these nudibranch? If so, any idea what kind? I found these on my glass right after the lights came on this morning. Get rid of them?

http://i1346.photobucket.com/albums/p689/travisr100/IMG_4284_zpsaabce5b3.jpg

http://i1346.photobucket.com/albums/p689/travisr100/IMG_4283_zps3332346b.jpg

GerritM
10/22/2013, 12:07 PM
Looks like Thuridilla sp.

Calappidae
10/22/2013, 01:03 PM
I forget the name..

but I'm pretty confident on saying these guys are NOT reef safe. Coral predators.

pagojoe
10/23/2013, 02:27 AM
Yup, they're both arminid nudibranchs, probably Dermatobranchus species that feed on soft corals. At least one of those two is a common hitchhiker on "Clove Polyps." They may be color variants of the same species, though.

Cheers,



Don

travisr100
10/23/2013, 06:13 AM
Thanks. That's what I needed to know!