HELP!!! Alien in Tank!

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danlou69

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• Jan 28, 2006

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Someone please tell me what this is...it's nudibranch like, yellow and brown and about no more than an inch long. It doesn't move fast at all and it lays the eggs (I think) in the last picture. Should I be worried?

 

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danlou69

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• Jan 28, 2006

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more pics of the little dude...

 

herman

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• Jan 28, 2006

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No worries dude. Its a stomatella Varia
They are strictly herbivores. Eat Algae.

 

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danlou69

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• Jan 28, 2006

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thanks herman...but i don't think it looks the same as my little friend...i also have one of those stomatella Varia in my tank...but this other fellow is different. he is more flat like a nudi and has the 2 little short antennaes like the nudi.

 

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• Jan 28, 2006

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now this would be an alien in your tank...
lolz i just had to do it lolz hehehehe

 

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herman

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• Jan 28, 2006

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The stomatella Varia has two antenae. The stomatella impertusa has no antennae. Im quite positive that its a stoma. If you can get me a pic of it from the backside I can be 100%. As of now Im 99% sure.
Regads,
Herman

 

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danlou69

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• Jan 29, 2006

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i'll try to get a better pic. by the way herman..this little guy has no shell, unlike the stomatella.

 

herman

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• Jan 29, 2006

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no shell? Then its no Stoma.

 

212jay

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• Jan 29, 2006

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I have no Idea what it is but in that last pic it looks like a sea hare. I'm not saying it is but that's what it looks like.

 

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danlou69

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• Jan 29, 2006

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i've found it...it's a Dermatobranchus nudibranch...which eats soft corals!!!! need to find and destroy.

 

herman

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• Jan 29, 2006

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Nice on the search. In that case dont forget the eggs!!:icon16:

 

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danlou69

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• Jan 29, 2006

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i found it on www.seaslugforum.net. i feel kind of bad killing them though....but i must

 

herman

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• Jan 29, 2006

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Wow!! Nice site. Thanks for the link. :smokin: