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dingodan87
09/28/2015, 12:56 PM
Found this orange sponge looking slug in my tank today. Looks very similar to a red sponge nudi but mine does not have orange feelers like those do and mine has a single sort of nose like a cerith snail has. Was moving around quick about the size of a nickel and passed over some sponges and algae and didn't seem to eat either of them. I have a lot of sponges that I'm trying to grow so if it is a sponge nudi it's gotta go. Really cool looking though hope that's not the case.http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/09/28/674c2a5401665ed651917ab250fd62b4.jpghttps://vimeo.com/140700364 also it's underside of body looks like a snail

pagojoe
09/28/2015, 01:47 PM
I think it's a velutinid, but a couple of the Trivia species can look similar.

dingodan87
09/28/2015, 04:40 PM
Velutinid that's it! And what a bummer says online they eat tunicates which I am trying to grow in this tank! Figured it was too colourful to be an algae/detritus eater. Guess I'll throw Em in the fuge don't expect him to live long without a steady food source though

dingodan87
09/28/2015, 06:13 PM
If I ever see him again! Got the live rock a month ago and he only turned up yesterday. Now that I'm aware of it I'm noticing a large colony of tunicates has disappeared off one of my rocks