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coralfarm123
03/29/2006, 05:42 PM
Can someone ID this little nudi for me? Is it reefsafe? Does anyone know what it feeds on, sponges, coral, algae or other? Any information is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a355/coralfarm123/nudi.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a355/coralfarm123/nudi2.jpg
ASUTyler
03/29/2006, 11:45 PM
Where did it come from? I've seen similar in the Sea of Cortez...usually just a higher frequency of black dots.
mejiggery
03/30/2006, 02:25 AM
its Hypselodoris sagamiensis eats sponges. They were thought to only be found in japan but a few reports have been made about them in australia
coralfarm123
03/30/2006, 06:34 AM
It was a hitchhiker and I am pretty sure it did not come from either Japan or Australia because I don't think we get coral imports from either country. Picture is a little fuzzy but the dots are actually bright blue. Does anyone know if it is possible to keep alive in a reef and can it eat any types of sponges? Thanks for the info so far. I will do a search for Hypselodoris sagamiensis.
mejiggery
03/30/2006, 07:11 AM
The thing is you may not have any coral or rocks from either country but it may have crawled from one rock or coral to another at lfs.
heres a pic I took.
http://www.mejiggery.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Hitchikers/nudi/Nudibranch.jpg
mejiggery
03/30/2006, 09:06 AM
just realized that you actually get the rock imported lol.
But I still think its what you have as obviously I had the one I photographed above.
I first thought it was a colour form of Hypselodoris infucata but Bill Rudman Identified it as Hypselodoris sagamiensis
heres the link to read for yourself
http://www.seaslugforum.net/showall.cfm?base=hypssaga

Hope this helps
coralfarm123
03/30/2006, 03:48 PM
I think the ID is correct. Most of the corals, live rock, etc. here in the States comes from Fiji, Soloman Islands, Tonga, Indonesia and other Pacific Island countries. I imagine this species, if found in both Japan and Australia, would also be found in all these areas as well. Thank you I appreciate you help. Now I just need to figure out if I want to keep this guy or find another home for it.
mejiggery
03/31/2006, 12:32 AM
good luck with it :-) they are very pretty but i'm not sure about sucess rate of feeding it.