Urgent Nudi ID!!

ozyreefa · 01/05/2008, 06:14 PM

Hi, my lights just went on and i found this guy crowling around my glass, if someone can give me an ID asap, so i can remove this guy asap if i need to he is about 10mm long. any help will be much appreciated.

ozyreefa · 01/05/2008, 06:31 PM

I will try and take a clearer picture

ozyreefa · 01/05/2008, 06:32 PM

This one may be a bit better

Aquabucket · 01/05/2008, 06:43 PM

Looks like a soft coral eater. Typically nudis like these will mimic the corals they feed on. If its a xenia eater it may be valuable to those with xenia problems.

ozyreefa · 01/05/2008, 07:02 PM

Cool thanks, just found an id, Tritoniopsis elegans. Indeed a nasty soft coral eater, usually lobophyton, i ont have any of those though, so i wonder what he has been eating instead. Nothing is showing any signs of damage.

ozyreefa · 01/05/2008, 07:04 PM

I have removed him into a petrie dish, should i destroy him?

Aquabucket · 01/05/2008, 07:05 PM

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Originally posted by ozyreefa
Cool thanks, just found an id, Tritoniopsis elegans. Indeed a nasty soft coral eater, usually lobophyton, i ont have any of those though, so i wonder what he has been eating instead. Nothing is showing any signs of damage.

It will starve with-out its specific coral to feed on. I would look closely at any soft corals that resemble the nudi just to be sure their are no others.

ozyreefa · 01/05/2008, 07:27 PM

Actually, i think i figured out what it ate, a couple of days ago i was trying to get an id on this hitchhiker soft coral, to not much avail. But now that coral has completely dissapeared, not even any remnants. I have put the nudibranch into a small plastic test tube filled with water and am freezing it for future referal.

nismo driver · 01/05/2008, 08:14 PM

maybe that wasnt a soft coral but actually the nudibranch? i remeber seeing your pic and wondering if it might be a nudi.

post int eh buy sell trade, like the aquabucket said there might be someone interested, maybe could work out to be a nice trade.

01/05/2008, 06:14 PM	#1
ozyreefa Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 82	Urgent Nudi ID!! Hi, my lights just went on and i found this guy crowling around my glass, if someone can give me an ID asap, so i can remove this guy asap if i need to he is about 10mm long. any help will be much appreciated. __________________ umm like fish an stuff Current Tank Info: 70 gallon reef tank, 80w actinic, 80w tri-phos, 250w MH, 40 gallon sump using coral rubble only, modified queen ts-2000 skimmer, 40kg live rock, 2x750 L/ph powerheads at opposing corners, main return pump 4500L/ph

01/05/2008, 06:31 PM	#2
ozyreefa Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 82	I will try and take a clearer picture __________________ umm like fish an stuff Current Tank Info: 70 gallon reef tank, 80w actinic, 80w tri-phos, 250w MH, 40 gallon sump using coral rubble only, modified queen ts-2000 skimmer, 40kg live rock, 2x750 L/ph powerheads at opposing corners, main return pump 4500L/ph

01/05/2008, 06:32 PM	#3
ozyreefa Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 82	This one may be a bit better __________________ umm like fish an stuff Current Tank Info: 70 gallon reef tank, 80w actinic, 80w tri-phos, 250w MH, 40 gallon sump using coral rubble only, modified queen ts-2000 skimmer, 40kg live rock, 2x750 L/ph powerheads at opposing corners, main return pump 4500L/ph

01/05/2008, 06:43 PM	#4
Aquabucket Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Green Bay, Wi. Posts: 4,455	Looks like a soft coral eater. Typically nudis like these will mimic the corals they feed on. If its a xenia eater it may be valuable to those with xenia problems. __________________ "Just a drop in the bucket"

01/05/2008, 07:02 PM	#5
ozyreefa Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 82	Cool thanks, just found an id, Tritoniopsis elegans. Indeed a nasty soft coral eater, usually lobophyton, i ont have any of those though, so i wonder what he has been eating instead. Nothing is showing any signs of damage. __________________ umm like fish an stuff Current Tank Info: 70 gallon reef tank, 80w actinic, 80w tri-phos, 250w MH, 40 gallon sump using coral rubble only, modified queen ts-2000 skimmer, 40kg live rock, 2x750 L/ph powerheads at opposing corners, main return pump 4500L/ph

01/05/2008, 07:04 PM	#6
ozyreefa Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 82	I have removed him into a petrie dish, should i destroy him? __________________ umm like fish an stuff Current Tank Info: 70 gallon reef tank, 80w actinic, 80w tri-phos, 250w MH, 40 gallon sump using coral rubble only, modified queen ts-2000 skimmer, 40kg live rock, 2x750 L/ph powerheads at opposing corners, main return pump 4500L/ph

01/05/2008, 07:27 PM	#8
ozyreefa Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 82	Actually, i think i figured out what it ate, a couple of days ago i was trying to get an id on this hitchhiker soft coral, to not much avail. But now that coral has completely dissapeared, not even any remnants. I have put the nudibranch into a small plastic test tube filled with water and am freezing it for future referal. __________________ umm like fish an stuff Current Tank Info: 70 gallon reef tank, 80w actinic, 80w tri-phos, 250w MH, 40 gallon sump using coral rubble only, modified queen ts-2000 skimmer, 40kg live rock, 2x750 L/ph powerheads at opposing corners, main return pump 4500L/ph

01/05/2008, 08:14 PM	#9
nismo driver Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: dirty jersey Posts: 396	maybe that wasnt a soft coral but actually the nudibranch? i remeber seeing your pic and wondering if it might be a nudi. post int eh buy sell trade, like the aquabucket said there might be someone interested, maybe could work out to be a nice trade.