baby nudibranch? or snail?

[dshin1]

can anyone tell me what this thing is in the photo? i have a couple of lettuce nudibranchs (how do they reproduce? a-sexual?)and have snails laying eggs everywhere. i hope it a nudibranch.

 

[bang guy]

Looks like a full grown Nudibranch to me but the pictures are not quite detailed enough. As a guess I would say it appears to be a Leather Coral or Xenia grazer.

 

[dshin1]

here is a better pic. i have 6 of these things that i found.

 

[cranberry]

Remove them. I bet they are predatory. The numbers they are in..... well let's just say no one is THAT lucky to get SIX good things.

 

[bn251]

nudibranch! they are kinda cute though lol!

 

[dshin1]

just did a water change and got 2 out can't get to the rest right now. wish i knew what they were

 

[dshin1]

its about and inch long now. 3 left. the bottom pic is the lettuce nudi. can anyone confirm its a baby nudi, if not what type.

 

[cranberry]

Huh? Wha? Wha? It's "frilly" now!!
Those other pics looked like a Arminid... which eats corals. Latest bottom pic looks rather "friend-like".
EDIT: Oops... 2 different critters..... the frilly one looks like a Elysia.... more than likely a lettuce. The other one looks like an Arminid.... not your friend.

 

[dshin1]

thnak you for the name on the nudi. did some research and they eat soft corals so out they go. at least the ones i can catch. thanks again cranberry

 

[cranberry]

Arminid Sea Slug is the common name.... the scientific could include the Arminia spp or the Dermatobranchus spp.... look up Dermatobranchus.