please help ID this?

any ideas what this little worm-like thing is? just discovered this in my tank this afternoon. about 1/2" long. looks like a mini hedgehog.

http://i478.photobucket.com/albums/rr147/mailforjon11/DSC04673-1.jpg

 

I believe its a nudi, but not 100% sure. Luna

 

yup looks nudish....to blurry for a positive ID

 

uh oh its a nudibranch

can be good or bad. i remember pulling a little guy like that out when i bought zoas from the lfs and the zoa rock had more of them. they lay eggs in the tank and can reproduce quickly. watch for more of them. hopefully this guy is safe but IMO hes not. id pull him out and look for more and eggs

 

If it is, I would get it out, most if not all, tend to consume sponges, tunicates and corals. Not to mention are very toxic esp when they die. Not good for a tank. Luna

 

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heres the the critter i pulled out of my tank plus about 5 more

eggs would look like this. thx to geekdafied for posting this pic on my thread for nudi ID
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good luck

 

oops i dunno what happened there
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okay icant do this right now so check out my thread lots of good info from our 3reefers

http://www.3reef.com/forums/id/hitchiker-safe-not-asap-49358.htmlhttp://www.3reef.com/forums/id/hitchiker-safe-not-asap-49358.html

 

Its an Aeolid nudibranch and is most likely a predator of corals or sponges.

Chuck

 

Probably a coral predator, aeolid nudibranch as Chuck says. I don't know of any aeolids that eat sponges, but there might be some.

Cheers,



Don

 

just wondering how long has your setup welll..........been up lol..and did you just add LR or any thing w/LR