I NEED HELP PLEASE

[mofles]

COULD SOME ONE PLEASE HELP MY IDENTIFY THIS SNAIL IF ITS GOOD OR A BAD ONE PLEASE....OR TELL ME WHAT IT IS

 

[snakeblitz33]

Looks like a coral eating nudibranch. Pull it out.

 

[btldreef]

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Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33 http:///t/390048/i-need-help-please#post_3451527
Looks like a coral eating nudibranch. Pull it out.
+1

 

[flower]

Bummer...seems the coolest looking critters are the bad guys..pity.

 

[geoj]

Could be a Berghia Nudibranch

This is well fed so it is has brown color from the Aiptasia

 

[florida joe]

Looks like a Berghia to me also. There is good news and bad news. The good is if in fact it is a Berghia they only eat aiptasia. The bad news is that it is a night feeder if you are seeing it in the day chances are it is having a hard time finding its only food source and will die of starvation. Again I say its only food source is aiptasia

 

[siptang]

Holy crap... I had no idea nudibranch ate corals...
I had some that came with my liverock and I thought it was so cool and they just multiplied... saw like 5 of them recently.. I gotta go catch them all now... (no pun intended)
CRAP.

 

[florida joe]

not all are coral eaters

 

[mofles]

thanks guys.... well i see them day and night n close to my corals lol

 

[siptang]

You know, I haven't been able to find one now that I'm looking for it. :/

 

[snakeblitz33]

Better safe than sorry, IMO.

 

[bang guy]

Bergia are easy to test for. When they eat Aiptasia they keep the nematocyst intact and they collect in their gills. If you're not allergic, touch one of the gills. If it's a Bergia the gill will stick to your finger and will be torn off the Bergia when the nematocysts fire.
If the gills don't stick to your finger then it's something else. Wash you hands well with hot soapy water because most Nudibranch store the toxins of the coral they eat in their gills.