lettuce neudibranch

[gollus]

anyone have any success with these guys? Are they good at keeping the algae down, and if so what kinds of algae? Do they die real easy?

 

[bioreefer]

for most nudibranches well really do not know what they eat so alot of them die in captive care. but with lettuce nudi they eat hair algea I kept them for about a year or so I found once you run out of hair algea they die off. there one of the easy ones to keep b/c we have an idea of what the eat.

 

[bang guy]

I have a few. I like them a lot and they seem to eat Hair algae.

 

[buzz]

Yup. I have 2 of them. Hair algae, primarily bryopsis, is their main diet. They are actually pretty hardy, but will starve in the absence of hair algaes, or macros.

 

[stumpdog]

If you run out of hair algae can you put algae strips in the tank? Are they harmful to anything in a tank and what are there enemies?
Tanks-
Jeremy

 

[bang guy]

Powerheads are their enemy.

 

[buzz]

Yeah...I hear powerheads are bad news for them. Make sure your intakes are covered. I use maxijet powerheads, that have a nice screen over the intake.
I am not sure about the nori strips, but it may work. I don't think they pose any danger to anything other than the algae...