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ItzJustinN
04/13/2014, 11:09 PM
found this guy cruising around my tank, doesnt look like a nudibranch.
http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj608/itzjustinn/IMAG0394-1.jpg?t=1397452096
GerritM
04/14/2014, 06:24 AM
Should be a Elysia sp.
pagojoe
04/14/2014, 10:44 AM
Yup, if he's not an Elysia he's a close relative. Algae eater.
Cheers,
Don
ItzJustinN
04/14/2014, 12:18 PM
googled Elysia Sp. and would have to say its a positive id.
is this thing toxic when it dies?? do i need to supplement feeding with nori strips?? etc?
cute little critter would like to keep him.
Calappidae
04/14/2014, 04:35 PM
Not toxic, I think they only eat bryopsis.
pagojoe
04/14/2014, 04:57 PM
Lots of them eat bryopsis, as Calappidae says. Some of them will feed on other algae, too. If you have a good bit of greenery in the tank, it should do fine. I doubt it would be able to eat nori. Not toxic, but they tend to just disappear in a tank and never be seen again. They can get blown around pretty easily also, as they aren't very "sticky."
Don
InOrderToBeAble
04/22/2014, 06:29 PM
lettuce nudibranch (Elysia crispata)
Sugar Magnolia
04/23/2014, 06:22 AM
It's not a lettuce but it is a species of Elysia.
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