White Slugs After Lights Out

customdusty · 05/29/2008, 08:29 PM

I noticed tonight after my lights went off that there were a couple of white slugs crawling around on my LR. They were about 3/4" to 1" long and obviously were not in a shell or anything. Just wondering what these are and if they are problematic.

kfisc · 05/29/2008, 09:05 PM

From what you've described, they could be a number of things- do a google image search of nudibranchs, for a start, especially if they have what look like feathery appendages growing out of their backs.

paulallen · 05/29/2008, 09:51 PM

They could be stomatella. That would be my guess. But, it's hard without a picture. Are you sure they didn't have a small shell covering their back? Not something they can hide in, just a small amount of protection.

http://www.reefcorner.com/SpecimenSh...ella_varia.htm

plyle02 · 05/29/2008, 10:33 PM

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Originally posted by paulallen
They could be stomatella. That would be my guess. But, it's hard without a picture. Are you sure they didn't have a small shell covering their back? Not something they can hide in, just a small amount of protection.

http://www.reefcorner.com/SpecimenSh...ella_varia.htm

Agreed, sounds like stomatella to me, they have a shell, but barely noticable to the naked eye.... BTW, a very good sign of a happy healthy reef, consider it a good thing, assuming that it is stomatella.....

Caleb Kruse · 05/29/2008, 10:37 PM

That's weird, I just saw some of those a couple days ago in my tank. It's not really a healthy tank, just one that is almost like a refugium. The snail things didn't look like they had a shell, and also they had little white dots of color that looked like they were in the middle of the greyish body.

05/29/2008, 08:29 PM	#1
customdusty Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Geneva, IL Posts: 1,095	White Slugs After Lights Out I noticed tonight after my lights went off that there were a couple of white slugs crawling around on my LR. They were about 3/4" to 1" long and obviously were not in a shell or anything. Just wondering what these are and if they are problematic. __________________ "I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." --George W. Bush, Saginaw, Mich., Sept. 29, 2000 Current Tank Info: 105g Mixed Rimless Starphire by Miracles - Reefthreads.com "Noteworthy Tank" November 19, 2010 Podcast #13 - Sfiligoi Stealth 12x39 T5 - 2x Vortech MP40W - BK/Vertex Alpha Cone 200 - Neptue Apex - 2 Part - Tunze ATO - BRS 5 Stage RO/DI

05/29/2008, 09:05 PM	#2
kfisc Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 2,020	From what you've described, they could be a number of things- do a google image search of nudibranchs, for a start, especially if they have what look like feathery appendages growing out of their backs.

05/29/2008, 09:51 PM	#3
paulallen Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 344	They could be stomatella. That would be my guess. But, it's hard without a picture. Are you sure they didn't have a small shell covering their back? Not something they can hide in, just a small amount of protection. http://www.reefcorner.com/SpecimenSh...ella_varia.htm

05/29/2008, 10:37 PM	#5
Caleb Kruse Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Monterey, California Posts: 744	That's weird, I just saw some of those a couple days ago in my tank. It's not really a healthy tank, just one that is almost like a refugium. The snail things didn't look like they had a shell, and also they had little white dots of color that looked like they were in the middle of the greyish body.