ID on this worm/snail?
- Thread starter Zoriem
- Start date
- Tagged users None
vetteguy53081
Well known Member and monster tank lover
Partner Member 2024
Excellence Award
Reef Tank 365
RGB
Article Contributor
Tampa Bay Reef Keepers
West Palm Beach Reefer
Hospitality Award
Ocala Reef Club Member
305 Reef Club
Wisco Reefers
Midwest Reefer
Fish Medic
MAC of SW Florida
Rock Pool Reef Keepers
R2R Secret Santa 2023
My Tank Thread
My Aquarium Showcase
nudibranchs and likely not reef safe. Remove - YesCan someone help me ID this please, I have seen 3 so far, should I take them out ?
Can you provid pics of top of them?
That’s a nudibranch- if you can get a clear, top down shot of the full length of its back, then we may be able to ID it.
OP
OP
Zoriem
Community Member
Weird thing is , I have never seen them in my tank before .
I added a live rock I got from my lfs and I started seeing them lol .
I inspected the rock didn’t see a single thing in it before I placed it inside.
I added a live rock I got from my lfs and I started seeing them lol .
I inspected the rock didn’t see a single thing in it before I placed it inside.
Can you pull one out in a clear bowl/cup of tank water and (preferably with a black background) take a pic of it? (The side with rhinophores - the little antennae things - is its back; that's the side we'd need to see.)
OP
OP
Zoriem
Community Member
Well, it’s definitely a Dermatobranchus sp. nudibranch (octocoral eater - they eat soft corals, gorgonians, GSP, etc.), but I’m not quite sure which species (assuming it’s an identified one). My best guess at the moment (without looking through the full list of species again) is D. semistriatus.Sorry I know it’s been a few days here is a picture of the top of them
OP
OP
Zoriem
Community Member
Oh i see , no wonder most of them are over my GSP , trying to take them out as soon i see them, i hope they dont reproduce fast
