Nudibranchs

macromania

macromania

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Hi, Im Laura. This is my firt post. I have lettuce nudi's, ut althouh theyre calle that, they are not nudi' at all, but sea slugs. Nudis ae carnivores and slugs are herbivores. they do share the same photosynthetic attributes though! I love them. Mine are laying eggs, one set hatched, but I cant see if they ammounted to anything yet. Both male and female lay the eggs.
 
alix2.0

alix2.0

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thanks for the info, laura, and welcome to the boards!

i was wondering about lettuce nudis when i read that all (real) nudibranchs eat tissue and are carnivores, so it makes sense that they arent really nudis. i also didnt know that the males could lay eggs. very cool.
 
al mc

al mc

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Originally Posted by macromania
http:///forum/post/2540873
Hi, Im Laura. This is my firt post. I have lettuce nudi's, ut althouh theyre calle that, they are not nudi' at all, but sea slugs. Nudis ae carnivores and slugs are herbivores. they do share the same photosynthetic attributes though! I love them. Mine are laying eggs, one set hatched, but I cant see if they ammounted to anything yet. Both male and female lay the eggs.
Yes..Welcome. So are the 'carnivores' detrius eaters or do they 'eat' corals and are not really reef safe? Are slugs hardier than nudi's?
 
macromania

macromania

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Alas, I kow more about slugs! I dont know what kind of tissue the nudis eat. there isnt a wole lot of info on types of algea the slugs eat either. Some say macros, some say micros. Mine seem very happy eating several types. Here is a great article describing both solar powered fab creatures. It may discuss nudi diet, but when my son did his science article on this,we kind of skipped over the nudi part.
http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet.cfm?base=solarpow
 
alix2.0

alix2.0

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Originally Posted by Al Mc
http:///forum/post/2540902
Yes..Welcome. So are the 'carnivores' detrius eaters or do they 'eat' corals and are not really reef safe? Are slugs hardier than nudi's?
because they are specialized eaters, some are coral safe and some arent. some eat sponges, montis, sea pens, leathers, dead fish, etc. it depends on what type it is.
Originally Posted by GrouperGenius
http:///forum/post/2540905
BTW Alix2.0, bring back Manson. That's old school.

ugh, i tried. it wont let me upload an animated icon though. im tryin to find one from the time they were on phil donahue...
 
alix2.0

alix2.0

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Originally Posted by macromania
http:///forum/post/2540923
Alas, I kow more about slugs! I dont know what kind of tissue the nudis eat. there isnt a wole lot of info on types of algea the slugs eat either. Some say macros, some say micros. Mine seem very happy eating several types. Here is a great article describing both solar powered fab creatures. It may discuss nudi diet, but when my son did his science article on this,we kind of skipped over the nudi part.
http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet.cfm?base=solarpow
the mods may or may not let you keep that link, BTW. lots of great info though!
 
macromania

macromania

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MEAT EATERS!! eat soft corals! It says that they consume the whole algal cell, intact! Amazing that these guys utilize photosynthesis It says that they can live for 9 months without eating, just by utilizing their last algea meal!
 
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