I got a nudibranch, bad idea?

kyarnkid

kyarnkid

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I got a nudibranch today to eat some algae. I was wondering if it was a bad idea. It is ugly brown with purple antenna. I was told he eats only algae and I know they have a problem with starvation, but I have alot of algae so thats no problem. I was told repeatedly that they were not poisounous and were reef safe.
I have a 55 4 month old tank and good water quality and I have 2 damsels and one algae blenny and some inverts.
What do you all think?
 
chrismilano

chrismilano

Member
He wont do any harm, and my experience is they usually end up dead sucked to the filter intake.
I like them for looks, so I guess my answer is if you're going to get one, dont get an ugly one!
FYI My LFS gets $8 for a green goddess nudi.
 
krusk

krusk

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I would not get them myself again
I got 4 in my reef tank b4
one end up in my filter, 1 in the skimmer
I can not find other 2
properly they been ate by my crabs
 
fshhub

fshhub

Active Member
getting one for your algae would not hurt any, but if you are getting them to keep, that is another story, they do not keep well, but will eat everything they can(that is in their diet), as long as they are around, one good thing about nudis is htey generally only eat one thing, so if you got one for algae, then it definitely won't be a prob for anythign else ;)
 
fshhub

fshhub

Active Member
hey, you got any pics of your problem, that you could send, if so, you got my other email, send them, i want to see what you got, and see what it is, you have been having this prob for a while, most will pass, but it really seems to be worrying you , so if you can, mail me a pic, if not, drop me a line, you knwo how to contact me ;) ;)
 
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