What type of nudibranch please

[Pipefishlady]

Went to LFS asked for one of the velvet nudibranchs got home and its this guy not the blue velvet.....what kind is it? What do I need to know about it?
It has a green and black spotted body 2 neon orange devil horns and an umbrella on its back?

 

[TriggerFinger]

That is awesome!!! Does it look like this one under white light? https://seaunseen.com/nembrotha-aurea/

 

[KJ]

Went to LFS asked for one of the velvet nudibranchs got home and its this guy not the blue velvet.....what kind is it? What do I need to know about it?
It has a green and black spotted body 2 neon orange devil horns and an umbrella on its back?

Google Nembrotha kubaryana.

 

[Pipefishlady]

Bam! Nembrotha kubaryana thats it! Now to read and figure out if its safe and what it eats...

Thank you!!

 

[KJ]

Bam! Nembrotha kubaryana thats it! Now to read and figure out if its safe and what it eats...

Thank you!!

YW.

 

[TriggerFinger]

Looks like it eats tunicates. We need more pics please!!

 

[Thespammailaccount]

Unfortunately whatever it eats you won’t be able to buy

 

[Pipefishlady]

Man that stinks....looks like it eats tunicates...i have 3 tunicates in my tank atm....not sure which i like better...him or the tunicates....i see the tunicates in the store often....now I dont knowww what to do with him.

 

[josephxsxn]

Return him?

 

[Pipefishlady]

Thought about that but If I return they will just sell him to the next guy who also wont know anything.

 

[Thespammailaccount]

Man that stinks....looks like it eats tunicates...i have 3 tunicates in my tank atm....not sure which i like better...him or the tunicates....i see the tunicates in the store often....now I dont knowww what to do with him.

Unfortunately they usually only eat one specific kind of food. May eat the tunicates may not. Sometimes they hitch a ride in on coral or in your case was mistaken as a velvet during collection. Good chance even if you return it they won’t have anything to feed it either. There are only a few types of these sold on the market due to this reason. They are truly fascinating creatures

 

[samnaz]

Typically they look like what they eat. I doubt you have the specific species of tunicates this guy eats and my guess is he will perish slowly due to starvation. Unfortunately.

 

[Thespammailaccount]

This was Fred. It came on an indo shipment of corals from a LFS. The LFS gave it to me

 

[Pipefishlady]

Fred you are an inspiration.. how long did Fred live?

 

[Thespammailaccount]

Fred you are an inspiration.. how long did Fred live?

I left Fred in the tank to see if it would eat any of the sponges I don’t think it did. When Fred started to look thinner I pulled it from the tank