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hotelbravo
08/09/2016, 11:23 PM
Not sure what this guy is can i get some help with the ID

http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag85/hotelbravo251/IMG_20160730_165257_zps0isna2l0.jpg (http://s1300.photobucket.com/user/hotelbravo251/media/IMG_20160730_165257_zps0isna2l0.jpg.html)
http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag85/hotelbravo251/IMG_20160730_165316_zpsky0t437i.jpg (http://s1300.photobucket.com/user/hotelbravo251/media/IMG_20160730_165316_zpsky0t437i.jpg.html)

cheezybuda
08/09/2016, 11:52 PM
Can't see perfectly well from the picture, but check out pics for sea hares

SeaCucumberFan
08/10/2016, 03:27 AM
Did you buy it at the LFS or was it a hitchiker?

Dogshowgrl
08/10/2016, 07:54 PM
Seahare. Species I am not sure but we "rent" seahares at work a ton and that is not one of our "normal" species but it looks like family.

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hotelbravo
08/11/2016, 01:01 PM
I was cleaning the reef tank at my LFS I volunteer at and this guy was poking around. The owner always kills first and asks questions later but I love all the weird things living in our reefs so I took him home.

SeaCucumberFan
08/11/2016, 06:22 PM
Haha, me too. I'm not sure it's a sea hare though, could be a nudibranch (true nudibranchs are impossible to keep in aquarium as they eat sponges not available in the aquarium trade )

SeaCucumberFan
08/11/2016, 06:24 PM
Does ut look like dendrodoris nigra?

hotelbravo
08/12/2016, 12:22 AM
it does seem to look like that one. but i couldnt find anything saying what they eat...

SeaCucumberFan
08/12/2016, 12:46 AM
The diet of most nudibranchs is unknown. It will probably die pretty soon (2 months) because of starvation