small "snail" with yellow spikes on back

chrisw4111

chrisw4111

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Today I noticed what looks like a very small (about 3/16th inch long) snail with 2 antennas in the front and about 8 yellow spikes on its back, about 1/8th inch each.
I found it up on the back wall of the tank crawling around.
 
chrisw4111

chrisw4111

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No, its not that guy. It definitely has spikes almost as long as its body protruding from its back, not just short hairs. They wave in the current and there are about 8 of them.
I tried to pull it out with a baster to get a picture but he slipped back into the tank. I will look for a google image until he re-emerges.
 
chrisw4111

chrisw4111

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Yes after seeing that picture and other google images I think I could have a very young nudibranch. I do not have any zoanthids yet, only 2 Kenya trees and some snails and crabs. I just added half a pound of live rock, it must have come in on that.
Here are a couple bad phone shots, its hard to focus on something so far from the glass but you can get an idea of its size.

 
the_hadleys

the_hadleys

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I didnt think all Nudibranch were bad? I thought the only kind to eat zoas were hyllodesmium longicirrum SP. and maybe a Godiva SP. I am thinking about getting a Berghia Nudibranch. By the time it eats all our aptasia in our 34G reef our 120g reef should be ready for them.
 
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