Urchin and spiky nudibranch

[obelisk29]

Got some amazing live rock from tampa bay saltwater live rock today. I think the urchin is the Black Longspine Urchin. But what the heck is the long spiky nudibranch looking thing.

 

[obelisk29]

Any ideas? He's very slow moving the worm/nudibranch thing.

 

[Reefer5640]

Could be a chiton. I’ve had a few that look very different from each other

 

[obelisk29]

Could be a chiton. I’ve had a few that look very different from each other

He looks to me to be about 2 inches long and I don't see the plates that I see on other chiton pictures, but who knows. Thinking about peeling him off until I know what he is. Really has that nudibranch shape but he's almost motionless.

 

[obelisk29]

Another picture.

 

[Reefer5640]

Yeah doesn’t look like chiton

 

[Reefer5640]

It’s cool though. You could throw it in the sump with a chunk of live rock to give him something to eat until you figure it out

 

[obelisk29]

Unfortunately I have an AIO, so the only place is weird creature heaven. One more pic for good measure.

 

[Reefer5640]

Well if you wanted to hang on to it you could punch a bunch of holes in a Tupperware container with some rubble in it for the time being. Or the toilet works if you don’t want to deal with it. A lot of nudi’s have very specific diets and not knowing what it is or what it eats it might be the safest option

 

[liverock]

cucumber......cool critter....just filter feeds.......his job!

 

[liverock]

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