Baby Lettuce Nudibranchs

Discussion in 'Inverts' started by Foxy Brown, Dec 5, 2009.

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  1. Foxy Brown

    Foxy Brown Plankton

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    Hi all,
    I have a small (30g) reef with about 100 baby luttuce nudbranchs all over the glass that just popped up one day :eek:.

    I bought an adult ~1" long which did a fantastic job controling my hair algea problem and about doubled in size in a month, then one day it dissappeared and I thought it had died :cry:. Afterward my hair algea returned with a vengeance, and I began debating what to try next. Fast forward about another month, and I have tons of tiny 0.5-5mm babies on every surface, glass rock substrate, EVERYWHERE. I can't really count them all, and my hair algea is dwindling fast ;D.

    My first question is, has anyone ever experienced this before? My second question is whether anyone out there would be interested in giving some a new home? I don't have enough tank to support a population this size, and even as babies they will have removed all the hair algea in a few weeks. I'd hate to see them starve to death do I'd be happy to collect my larger specimens and ship them off to anyone intersted (you pay only shipping).

    Anyone?
     
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  3. mantis

    mantis Flamingo Tongue

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    they dont really live long in a aquarium so they will start dying off probably soon,