Nudibranch?

[jay]

Hi guys... I came across these pics and was wondering what they are?
One of my LFS sell a bunch of them. Any ideas as to how hard they are to take care of and what their compatibility is like with clown ect....

Thx
J :cool1:

This is an animated image... you have to click on it to see the three pics.

 

[reefman23]

That is indeed a nudibranch...DONT GET IT!!

They have a VERY specialized diet specific to each species. I had bought a scarlet nudi0 for a flatworm problem that only ate the flatworms...

I have heard that these things have little-to-no longevity in captivity.

Jesse

p.s. Check out other pics online.. they usually mimic their food source. One for example looks EXACTLY like a frag of xenia... they eat XENIA!

 

[jay]

iratecap I'm giving the Nudibranch a big X.

Thanks for the heads up on those SLUGs Jesse

I found out they can also be TOXIC!

They look harmless and so colorful :langle
Go figure, they are TOXIC DEATH SLUGs!

J

 

[EDGRAY]

YEAH dont let the color fool you :shock: ... i know the SLUGS might be so colorful and hard to resist to keep one or infact alot but like jesse mentioned they are 0 posibilities to keep them ... and well some of them feed on sponges and weird kind of algea so in other words hard to keep. and about TOXIC is damn right one is enough to nuke/evaporites/crash you tank for sure :twisted:

I personally im a SEA SLUG LOVER and wish that some day will be posible to keep them :???: but anyways look at link there are alot of different types and colors of those amazing creatures....


http://dorcusmaster.hp.infoseek.co.jp/m ... iusi01.htm

 

[skipm]

As everyone has already made it clear most nudibranches/sea slugs are not ideal candidates for an aquarium, unfortunately their bright colors and neat markings are what make them attractive to the aquarium trade. There are three that are okay IMO to use and they are the ones that eat flatworms (just pass it along to someone else with the same problem before it can starve), the ones that eat aiptasias, and the lettuce nudi that eats nuisance algaes. Even these are not appropriate for smaller tanks and should only be housed in very limitednumbers in large aquariums. JMO.

 

[jay]

YEAH dont let the color fool you :shock: ... i know the SLUGS might be so colorful and hard to resist to keep one or infact alot but like jesse mentioned they are 0 posibilities to keep them ... and well some of them feed on sponges and weird kind of algea so in other words hard to keep. and about TOXIC is damn right one is enough to nuke/evaporites/crash you tank for sure :twisted:

I personally im a SEA SLUG LOVER and wish that some day will be posible to keep them :???: but anyways look at link there are alot of different types and colors of those amazing creatures....


http://dorcusmaster.hp.infoseek.co.jp/m ... iusi01.htm

I too wish there was some way of keeping one!
I checked out that link and it really does have some really nice shots of the sea slugs. :loveface

I have to say, after seeing pics like those, I too am a SEA SLUG LOVER.
(Too bad they are impossible to care for).

As everyone has already made it clear most nudibranches/sea slugs are not ideal candidates for an aquarium, unfortunately their bright colors and neat markings are what make them attractive to the aquarium trade. There are three that are okay IMO to use and they are the ones that eat flatworms (just pass it along to someone else with the same problem before it can starve), the ones that eat aiptasias, and the lettuce nudi that eats nuisance algaes. Even these are not appropriate for smaller tanks and should only be housed in very limitednumbers in large aquariums. JMO.

As much as I'd love to have one, I don't want to chance fait.

I just want to say Thx to everyone for their VALUED input!
:maitre Jesse (aka reefman23), EDGRAY and SKIPM!

Thanks Again
J