nudibranch

[downtime89]

Hey guys i have seen this in my tank twice in the past two years it looks like a nudibranch i can see no form of eyes or mouth tho its a silvery grey color, i tried to get a pic tonight when i saw him but he was to far back in tank. looks very similar to a nudibranch wat else may look like a nudibranch?

 

[budsreef]

How big is it and what shape? It's a stretch, but stomatella snails can look pretty weird and they only come out at night.

 

[downtime89]

No its not that it was about 2 or 3 inches kinda oval and its sides waved as it crawled then it bunched up when i put a light on it.

 

[downtime89]

I will be keeping a closer eye out for it i thought i had killed it before by doing something, so now that i know its still in there next time i see it i will catch it and take a pic, and while its quarantined i will post the pic here before i put him back in tank. He is not something messing with any corals so i am not worried i would have noticed any coral problems with it.

 

[budsreef]

Wow! That's pretty big! I think most nudibranchs are specialist in what they eat and in my limited experience/reading on them they tend to be very colorful. There is a type of flatworm that can get very large but I think they are harmful to corals.

 

[budsreef]

Look at this picture

 

[downtime89]

That looks so much like it!!!!! I going to say thats it! It has not touched any corals cause there is no way it could have entered the tank recently not through frags i have got i would have noticed! But he is kida cool lookin mine is not that color but very close with every little detail.

 

[budsreef]

I read again and it says they are harmful to clams, do you have any clams?

 

[downtime89]

na no clams