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cpreefguy

06/01/2006, 11:43 PM

I found this little guy surfing the current in my tank. Im not sure if he is good or bad so if someone can help out with an ID Id appreciate it. Lil dude is exiled in a red cup til then.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c66/wantedwrx/RSCN3794.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c66/wantedwrx/RSCN3793.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c66/wantedwrx/RSCN3791.jpg

DonavonsReef

06/02/2006, 09:05 AM

Those Nudis are fine the feed mostly off calurpa.

LeslieH

06/07/2006, 09:32 PM

It's a saccoglossan opistobranch in the genus Elysia. Nearly all saccoglossans are herbivores; the few exceptions feed on eggs of other branchs. Not a problem for your tank.