Sea slug/hare

Betaktical · 04/29/2018, 09:48 AM

Just saw a sea slug in my tank. It’s not colorful or any special markings. It kinda just looks like a big grey booger. It was up on top of one of my rocks and it was expelling something from it. Just a kinda hazy little cloud. Any one know what it is and what it was doing? Thanks

Reef noob_ · 04/29/2018, 10:06 AM

Pics? Sure it’s not just fish poo?

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AlSimmons · 04/29/2018, 10:09 AM

Without a picture it's kind of hard to say what it is, but that cloud you saw probably had something to do with reproduction. The next time you see this thing though you might want to remove it just to be safe. Take some pictures, post them here at RC and go from there.

Betaktical · 04/29/2018, 10:50 AM

I tried getting a picture but he was moving pretty fast. It was definitely living. And he doesn’t have any distinctive markings or anything. It literally looks like a big grey booger

Daddi0 · 04/29/2018, 12:45 PM

A sea hare has a hole on its back that poo clouds come out of. Our is hard to spot 'cause it looks like a rock. On its head it has 2 protrusions that look like Shrek's ears. They are smaller in the front, kinda like pear shaped.
Cheers! Mark

AlSimmons · 04/29/2018, 01:02 PM

Here's a picture of a Sea Hare for reference.

https://www.liveaquaria.com/product/...&c=497+524+726

Betaktical · 04/29/2018, 02:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daddi0

A sea hare has a hole on its back that poo clouds come out of. Our is hard to spot 'cause it looks like a rock. On its head it has 2 protrusions that look like Shrek's ears. They are smaller in the front, kinda like pear shaped.
Cheers! Mark

Thanks. This guy is kinda pear shaped and I’ve never noticed him before because he looks like a rock. Nothing has changed or gone wrong in the tank so I think I’ll leave him in there. Does yours ever make little cloudy puffs of water coming out?

Daddi0 · 04/29/2018, 03:12 PM

Yea, when he pops a deuce

mcgyvr · 04/29/2018, 03:24 PM

You sure its not a stomatella snail?

AlSimmons · 04/29/2018, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daddi0

Yea, when he pops a deuce

Picture? (just for reference)

Daddi0 · 04/29/2018, 04:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlSimmons

Picture? (just for reference)

You want me to sit in front of my reef waiting for my Sea Hare to poo? Umm, aint happin'

AlSimmons · 04/29/2018, 04:35 PM

lol, So what your saying is basically crap? I didn't say you had to post it now, tomorrow or the next day, but a picture for reference of this creature you seem to know so much about would be nice.

Betaktical · 04/29/2018, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by mcgyvr

You sure its not a stomatella snail?

100% not. I’ve got hundreds of stomatella and he is was bigger than any of em that I have. And he def doesn’t have a shell

Daddi0 · 04/29/2018, 06:48 PM

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=...25135645678346
This is just like I have. I won't post a photo cause its a pain on this site!! The "horns" on the left and the butt on the right (the hole)

themagicman · 04/30/2018, 03:51 PM

lol

Sugar Magnolia · 04/30/2018, 07:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlSimmons

lol, So what your saying is basically crap? I didn't say you had to post it now, tomorrow or the next day, but a picture for reference of this creature you seem to know so much about would be nice.

Quote:

Originally Posted by themagicman

lol

You really don't need multiple accounts.

04/29/2018, 09:48 AM	#1
Betaktical Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Posts: 363	Sea slug/hare Just saw a sea slug in my tank. It’s not colorful or any special markings. It kinda just looks like a big grey booger. It was up on top of one of my rocks and it was expelling something from it. Just a kinda hazy little cloud. Any one know what it is and what it was doing? Thanks

04/29/2018, 10:06 AM	#2
Reef noob_ Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: holmdel, NJ Posts: 555	Pics? Sure it’s not just fish poo? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ ________________________ New Build in progress http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2528685 90 gallon DT, 65 Gallon Fuge, Chinese LEDs, LPS and Soft coral reef

04/29/2018, 12:45 PM	#5
Daddi0 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Redwood City Posts: 1,354	A sea hare has a hole on its back that poo clouds come out of. Our is hard to spot 'cause it looks like a rock. On its head it has 2 protrusions that look like Shrek's ears. They are smaller in the front, kinda like pear shaped. Cheers! Mark __________________ 2x 65g displays with a 30g cryptic refugium and 30g sump - 55g reef 30g Bio-cube reef - I.M. 30g reef - 45g freshwater

04/29/2018, 03:12 PM	#8
Daddi0 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Redwood City Posts: 1,354	Yea, when he pops a deuce __________________ 2x 65g displays with a 30g cryptic refugium and 30g sump - 55g reef 30g Bio-cube reef - I.M. 30g reef - 45g freshwater

04/29/2018, 03:24 PM	#9
mcgyvr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20,050	You sure its not a stomatella snail? __________________ Who me?

04/29/2018, 10:09 AM	#3
AlSimmons Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: California Posts: 2,482	Without a picture it's kind of hard to say what it is, but that cloud you saw probably had something to do with reproduction. The next time you see this thing though you might want to remove it just to be safe. Take some pictures, post them here at RC and go from there.

04/29/2018, 10:50 AM	#4
Betaktical Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Posts: 363	I tried getting a picture but he was moving pretty fast. It was definitely living. And he doesn’t have any distinctive markings or anything. It literally looks like a big grey booger

04/29/2018, 01:02 PM	#6
AlSimmons Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: California Posts: 2,482	Here's a picture of a Sea Hare for reference. https://www.liveaquaria.com/product/...&c=497+524+726

04/29/2018, 04:35 PM	#12
AlSimmons Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: California Posts: 2,482	lol, So what your saying is basically crap? I didn't say you had to post it now, tomorrow or the next day, but a picture for reference of this creature you seem to know so much about would be nice.

04/29/2018, 06:48 PM	#14
Daddi0 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Redwood City Posts: 1,354	https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=...25135645678346 This is just like I have. I won't post a photo cause its a pain on this site!! The "horns" on the left and the butt on the right (the hole) __________________ 2x 65g displays with a 30g cryptic refugium and 30g sump - 55g reef 30g Bio-cube reef - I.M. 30g reef - 45g freshwater

04/30/2018, 03:51 PM	#15
themagicman Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: California Posts: 126	lol __________________ "Abracadabra Holmes."