Nudibranch?

It's very hard to tell from the picture, so I apologize.

The color of the creature is a pinkish/tanish color, almost like a type caucasian human skin, except slightly translucent.

It has many "spikes" or appendages on it's back.

I've only recently found this specimen, which is currently crawling along the glass.

A: What creature is this?
B: What does it eat?

I'm reluctant to just get rid of it for two reasons.
1: Where there is one, there are more. So even if it were a pest, it doesn't seem like getting rid of would do anything.
2: It might not be a pest at all. The creature deserves a chance to live so I would prefer to not kill it if I don't have to.



Thanks, as always!

 

Yes that is a nudi. Possibly eats your coral.

Do you have a fuge? If not then I would just toss it and not risk the demise of your livestock

http://www.nudipixel.net/pictures/

 

definitely a nudi, is it white, or is that just overexposure? if its white, i would say a berghia, which is not a pest.

 

Classic appearance of a Zoa Eating Nudi.

 

Yep, it's a Nudibranch.

 

Just to be on the safe side I ditched it.

The weird thing is that all of my Zoas appear to be very healthy. Either way, it's gone now. Thanks for the replies!

Also, no it's not white. Overexposure indeed, more of a pink really.

 

The chances that it's eating something you like are a lot greater than that it's eating something you don't want. Some similar species eat Montipora or zoanthids, and there are various other aeolids that eat just about any other species of hard or soft coral (although they probably only eat one or a few species each). Unless you recently imported a bunch of Aiptasia into your system, it's probably not a species that eats that.

GL, Cheers,



Don