Nudibranch ID (Good or Bad)

[icebear]

so then, the more correct common name for a lettuce nudi would be lettuce sea slug since they aren't really a nudi....

[Twitterbait]

The true Nudibranches you don't want anywhere near your tank as they maintain a large quantity of nemotocysts in their dermal layer. They tend to deposit these to claim their area and kill fish.

[ScruffyRubicon]

Well, after several weeks without finding any at all, I suddenly found about 6 adults all in about 1 hour. I pulled them out and haven't seen any more again. Does it ever end?

[ScruffyRubicon]

Here I go again. I noticed a small group of zoos closing up. Found another. Not sure what it came in on.

[dobejazz]

Oh no! Let me find a good thread in the MN forum they has success with dipping all the zoo's

[dobejazz]

here is the thread

http://thereeftank.com/forums/showth...light=nudi+zoo

[ScruffyRubicon]

Thanks Kelli. Hope I can be done with these pests once and for all.

[Gilraen Took]

Also, do they generally fall apart when grabbed? =/ I saw one, and only one(thankfully) in my tank and pulled it, then saw one in my LRS's tank(guess that's where mine came from) and he pulled it. Both of them essentially disentegrated when picked off of the rocks, and both were alive and munching before then. . .

[dobejazz]

Originally Posted by greenbean36191

Lots of aeolids will drop their cerata if they're disturbed.

Hmm is there a way to put that in simpler terms? If they break apart will it become a new nudi?

[dobejazz]

Originally Posted by greenbean36191

The little spikes on their back are the cerata. If you mess with them the slug drops them off like a lizard does with its tail. They won't grow into new slugs.

Thank you!