Did I mess up?

[mrdc]

I bought this slug because I couldn't really find anything negative on him. What do you think?

 

[fedukeford]

if it dies youll defiantly know, everything else will be dead

 

[sac10918]

looks like a nudibranch to me. I have always wanted one because they are so pretty but I have heard that they can be a bit of a problem. Some eat zoos and they do have a very short life span....like 9 months or something (?)

 

[mrdc]

Well sheat...I don't like those odds...I will take it back in a few days, if not earlier ...
Hey fedukeford are you saying that it poison the tank when it dies?

 

[sufunk]

Ive heard that they will poison the tank when they die. Also, i think they only eat a type of sponge and will starve. I had one also that my wife wanted but had to take him back when i researched him. He also loved to crawl into the powerhead and start to get stuck in. In 3 days i had to rescue him like 5 times

 

[fedukeford]

yupp theyll poison it, wiping out everything if its a small enough tank, mabey even wipe out live rock

 

[maroonytun]

Ya they need a certain type of sponge, I saw five nudibranches in a tank at the LFs,but this LFs knew what they were risking, there 125 cube tanks that has been up for over five years. They also had the resources to get the sponge they needed for them.

 

[mrdc]

Well first do I have a Nudi or a slug or does it matter

 

[susieq]

It looks really cool. If you keep it and it lives, I'd like to get one. Let us know.

 

[mrdc]

Well it's in a ziplock now until I know what it is.

 

[maroonytun]

I'm pretty sure they are the same things, but I'm positively certain that it is a nidibranch.

 

[mrdc]

Well I played it safe and returned it to the LFS this morning for credit. Man, it sure was cool looking but I didn't want to risk it poisioning the tank.

 

[maroonytun]

Ya good job, know you don't have to worry about losing your tank.

 

[rkmcinvale]

It was indeed a Nudibranch. And they will poison the tank. Ours got suck up into the mechanical filter eventually the last time he crawled on he went on his way.

 

[mrdc]

Seems like the store wouldn't seel them if they are potentially that dangerous or at least warn me!!! I got it from another lFS store that I hardly ecver go to. They said it was like a cucumber. Silly me for not researching first.

 

[maroonytun]

I know the one LFS I go to won't even carry them because they wiped out about 3 tanks.