please help me ID these tiny slugs

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Hi r2r, I am not sure where to post this, please move it to the right place if it doesnt belong here. I have found about 10 of these tiny red slugs, when I spot them, they're on my lr or glass only. They're about 1/8" long by 1/6" round, I cannot find any info on these guys. Do they have a name? Are they reef safe? Any info on these tiny red slugs would help, thanks
 

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thinking stomatella snail if it has a hard shell, if no hard shell may be some type of nudibranch or a sea hare
 
I think they are more like a nudibranch family
I completely agree. Looking at flatworms (and having flatworms), FW usually lack antenna/eye stalks, but these have antenna.
Did you happen to add a Strawberry Crab to your tank recently?
 
I completely agree. Looking at flatworms (and having flatworms), FW usually lack antenna/eye stalks, but these have antenna.
Did you happen to add a Strawberry Crab to your tank recently?

no I did not, but I did add a frogspawn from the lfs(about a month ago) and two emerald crabs yesterday. When I first noticed 1 or 2 of them, it was about 3 weeks ago, then I slowly see more.
 
no I did not, but I did add a frogspawn from the lfs(about a month ago) and two emerald crabs yesterday. When I first noticed 1 or 2 of them, it was about 3 weeks ago, then I slowly see more.
Ugh bummer! I was really hoping to pin point the Strawberry Crab as a host of these critters. So far I only have them in the overflow and sump. Have you noticed them on anything in particular as far as corals or sponges go?
 
Ugh bummer! I was really hoping to pin point the Strawberry Crab as a host of these critters. So far I only have them in the overflow and sump. Have you noticed them on anything in particular as far as corals or sponges go?

When I see them, they are on my LR or glass only, havent seen any on my corals or anything like that.
 

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