Please ID....nudibranch?

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  1. TNsaltwater

    TNsaltwater Plankton

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    Just got an eight pound live rock yesterday and found this fellow in the tank today. I was thinking some sort of nudibranch. Please ID (good or bad?).

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  2. 2in10

    2in10 Super Moderator

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    Definitely a nudibranch, most are not reef safe and that does not have the colors of the ones that are. Most are also obligate feeders and you may not have the food it eats and if you did you would not want the nudibranch eating it anyways.
     
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  3. Va Reef

    Va Reef Giant Squid

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    yupp thats a nudi, its hard to tell if its good or bad, might be a zoa eater, could be an undiscovered one (probably not but just saying) but they are specialized eaters, meaning they only normally eat one specific thing.
     
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  4. jonjonwells

    jonjonwells Great Blue Whale

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    Looks like a zoa eating nudi to me.
     
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  5. schackmel

    schackmel Giant Squid

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    good picture! I would definately yank that out of my tank asap! Not sure exactly what kind it is but it is not one that you probably want in your tank!
     
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  6. SushiGirl

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    Leslie answered you over at the other place. She said definitely a bad one, kin to the zoa eating kind.
     
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  7. jdameli1

    jdameli1 Torch Coral

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    Great pic though!!!! get him out asap
     
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