I.D. Snails ?? good or bad?

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  1. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
    You can cut gorgonians with sharps scissors or blade without issue.
     
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  2. pareefer

    pareefer Plankton

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    Clipped them all and took out everything strange looking. Posting a new picture of the little white fuzzy things; they swim fast.
     

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  3. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    Those fuzzy things are the Nudibranchs.

    It's very likely they are coral eaters. Nudibranchs often look like the corals they eat. There are hundreds if not thousands of different types. Those look very similar to soft corals such as ToadStools or anyone of the branching soft corals such as Kenya Tree.....

    I would remove those.
     
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  4. pagojoe

    pagojoe Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone

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    Hey guys,

    The ones in the first pic look like tritoniid nudibranchs, which feed on soft corals. The one in the second pic is an ovulid snail. They feed exclusively on the gorgonians they resemble.

    Cheers,



    Don
     
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