Is this harmless

@rmyvet · 04/13/2018, 03:37 PM

Hello all can someone tell me if this is safe for my tank it came with a coral and since I'm dripping the coral that white thing came off it. So I just want to know if I can throw it in the tank or get rid of it. Thanks @rmyvet

ramseynb · 04/13/2018, 03:45 PM

Looks like a nudibranch. It probably eats the coral that it was on. I'd get rid of it and keep a close eye on your new coral to make sure there aren't any eggs or additional nudis.

Anemone · 04/13/2018, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by ramseynb

Looks like a nudibranch. It probably eats the coral that it was on. I'd get rid of it and keep a close eye on your new coral to make sure there aren't any eggs or additional nudis.

+1

Nudis generally prey on the corals they come with, so getting rid of it and increased vigilance for more would seem to be in order.

Kevin

Bent · 04/13/2018, 05:09 PM

Holy cow how big is that thing?

@rmyvet · 04/13/2018, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Bent

Holy cow how big is that thing?

Hey Bent as much as I could measure it was almost 1 inch long. I thought it was part of the coral. I saw it at the LFS and when the guy grab the coral it was visable I saw it but like I said I thought it was part of the coral. Till I was dripping and the thing moved away then I was like wth. I did take it out and made sure that was it. @rmyvet

@rmyvet · 04/13/2018, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ramseynb

Looks like a nudibranch. It probably eats the coral that it was on. I'd get rid of it and keep a close eye on your new coral to make sure there aren't any eggs or additional nudis.

Hey ramseynb,
Thanks I looked up the word you mention and Lord behold that's what it was. He's gone I made sure of that. But at first I thought I got me a free coral yeah right it was a bad bug for coral. Lucky it let go to where I got to see it. Thanks again @rmyvet

@rmyvet · 04/13/2018, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Anemone

+1

Nudis generally prey on the corals they come with, so getting rid of it and increased vigilance for more would seem to be in order.

Kevin

Anemone thanks for letting me know and yes I will be with eyes open for these critters. Thanks again @rmyvet.

ramseynb · 04/13/2018, 07:06 PM

Yeah man, it kinda sucks to have to get rid of them. I had some one time that were super bright orange because they were eating my orange bam-bam zoas. I only found a couple, got rid of them and never saw anymore, but I wish I could have kept them because they looked so cool.

ramseynb · 04/13/2018, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by @rmyvet

Hey Bent as much as I could measure it was almost 1 inch long. I thought it was part of the coral. I saw it at the LFS and when the guy grab the coral it was visable I saw it but like I said I thought it was part of the coral. Till I was dripping and the thing moved away then I was like wth. I did take it out and made sure that was it. @rmyvet

Wow, that's a big one! I wonder what it was eating. They pretty much all have super specific diets (like only a certain species or sponge or coral). So it *might* have been eating something else, but it's better not to take the chance!

04/13/2018, 03:45 PM	#2
ramseynb Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: New Braunfels, TX Posts: 630	Looks like a nudibranch. It probably eats the coral that it was on. I'd get rid of it and keep a close eye on your new coral to make sure there aren't any eggs or additional nudis. __________________ How do you make an octopus laugh? Ten tickles!

04/13/2018, 05:09 PM	#4
Bent I got nothin' Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The anals Posts: 6,420	Holy cow how big is that thing? __________________ Quitters never lose. [QUOTE=CStrickland]Who gets mad at a starfish?[/QUOTE] Current Tank Info: 75g DT, 30G refugium, 10g chaeto tank, 50g stock tank basement sump

04/13/2018, 07:06 PM	#8
ramseynb Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: New Braunfels, TX Posts: 630	Yeah man, it kinda sucks to have to get rid of them. I had some one time that were super bright orange because they were eating my orange bam-bam zoas. I only found a couple, got rid of them and never saw anymore, but I wish I could have kept them because they looked so cool. __________________ How do you make an octopus laugh? Ten tickles!