type of catipillar???

[xxchris060]

I just noticed a him. He is about 2in long and is green with white little things on both side of him all the way dow his body. Is he ok in my reef system

 

[gregzbobo]

probably a bristle worm of some sort. These are USUALLY harmless, detritus eaters, good for the sandbed. Keep an eye on it though, just in case.

 

[attml]

Ppossibly a type of Amphinomidae (careful they sting)
http://saltaquarium.about.com/gi/dyn...2F0198_2.shtml

 

[bang guy]

Sounds like a Nudibranch to me. How long has it been in your tank? Have you observed it eating? Any behavior that you've noticed? Can it move? how?

 

[xxchris060]

the little white things are little clusters of thorns and it does move and not sure where he went to now. I am not sure how long he has been in the tank for.
55gal set up for 4years
Rio 2500 in sump
2 maxi 900’s
75lbs of live rock
elegance coral
mushrooms
brown polyps
xenia’s
sponge brown
2 leathers
fan corals
4 damsels
2 tomato clown
1 perca in sump
1 hawk fish
1 Florida lobster 4in
1 pencil urcin
1 coral banded shrimp

 

[jonthefb]

i was thinking lettuce nudi at first but if its thorny, im not too sure????
good luck
jon