What's Dis??

[ryebread]

What is this thingy? It crawls extremely slow but it sure is wierd looking. ID please if you know what it is.........and if you don't know, make something up.

 

[bang guy]

It's a Tee Tree Anemone Nudibranch. They eat glass and acrylic but can chew plastic for short periods of time. I knew a guy who had his entire 55 gallon tank eaten by a large one. That was bad enough but then it started on his new low-E storm windows, got outside and began chewing up the vinyl siding.
Guy

 

[ryebread]

What should I do with it?

 

[bang guy]

Well DON'T use Acrylic tongs to pick it up!!
Hey... you said if I didn't know what it was I should make something up... so I did
I would keep it. That's one of the most bizzare creatures I've ever seen. Really cool!

 

[ryebread]

Do you mean to say that I have stumped the master?

 

[wrassecal]

It's the orange afghan I started knitting but gave up on after 5 minutes. How'd it get in your tank?

 

[ryebread]

I'm not sure Wrasse but, It looks like a good start. Here is another pic with more accurate color representation. It is 3/4" long.

 

[broomer5]

Looks like some delicate Loraine or Amish swiss to me
No clue what that is RyeBread ... unique odd sea critter for sure.

 

[jonthefb]

man that is weird, i think i saw someting similar to that in the toil......uhhhh i mean its.......a ........um, kinda looks like a sycon sponge on the one end, but they dont move. my best guess is that its some kind of predatory nudi!
good luck
jon

 

[ryebread]

I am just wondering if I should get it out of the tank or be happy with my hitcher. I honestly am pretty surprised that someone has not rattled off the name of this creature......you guys are slippin'

 

[falcon63]

lettuce nudibranch it is harmless. i have 2 in my tank

 

[ryebread]

Nope. Not a lettuce Nudi.

 

[bang guy]

Totally stumped here. I can't even say if it's a Nudi or not.

 

[falcon63]

im going to stick to my guns on this one lettuce slug nudi

 

[tcoco]

here you go bud this site has hundreds of different slugs mybe you can find you new friend. I started looking but gave up way to many to look at sorry
Wide World of Sea Slugs

 

[j21kickster]

its not- lettuce nudis have more wavy ripples down their dorsal side-rather than individual segments. i have seen those before and they seem to forage on algae- not sure of the exact name though

 

[j21kickster]

this is a lettuce

 

[ryebread]

This image I just took shows the head and tail a little bit better. I have been looking at the Sea Slug Forum for the last two hours without finding one that looks like it.

 

[ryebread]

^ Look at the new pic.....much better. ^

 

[msb27]

There is a pic on page 304 of the The Reef Aquarium Vol. one that shows a lot resemblence to your pic. If it is the same thing the book says it is a Tritoniopsis nudi which is a predator to leather corals.
Scott