something that eats gorgonians

[fallinmor]

i bought a gorgonian from this site a few weeks ago and it came with this hard shelled invert it looked like a long snail. it is a realy nice red orange it seemed to be eating my gorgonian so i took it out. what should i do with it i only saw the damage today? anyone else have one of these? it has a openeing at both ends of its body and eyes at the base of tha antenna.

 

[celacanthr]

It is probably a "flamingo tongue" or "west indian simnia".
You can either keep it and let it eat your gorgonians. Put it in a different tank, adn either frag your gorgonian alot, or buy alot of gorgonians and feed it to it, or kill it. Very sad that such a beautfiul animal is so hard to take care of.

 

[fallinmor]

yeah it's very beautifuli think i'm just going to give to a friend who wants it. but thanx for the info.

 

[sunburnt]

This happened to me too. The Gorgonias were cheap and didn't look too hot anyway (I think because they were exposed to air in the bags), so I left the Flamingo alone. It's been months and he's just now finishing the second purple frilly. I think he's gorgeous, and am debating if I want to buy him more Gorgs to eat or let him starve. :notsure: The guy I bought the Gorgs from actually sells them for $1.50 - LOL!
Good luck.

 

[celacanthr]

Originally Posted by Sunburnt
I think because they were exposed to air in the bags
Unless the gorgonian was exposed to air long enough that its polyps became de-hydrated, then the air would have nothing to do with why the gorgs are/were doing poorly. More likely than not they were starving.