Does anyone know anything about Purple Nudibranchs?

SpoildRotn · 09-05-2008, 02:07 AM

I found a gorgeous bright purple Nudibranch the other day at my LFS and nobody there seemed to know much about it. I have looked online and still haven't even found out for sure what it eats....lol

Anybody know anything about them?

Thanks,
Deb

funkpolice · 09-05-2008, 07:36 AM

It might be that nobody (literally) knows what it eats. Many nudis are very specialized eaters, so much that they can't be accommodated in a home aquarium. I've seen a lot of really cool looking nudis for sale, but it's always the same, they are either sold or die within a month. I had a saleskid tell me they ate phyto plankton, which they conveniently had a new brand of, and flake food. That very well may be the case, but I don't buy it. Maybe someone here can help you with an id and it's needs.
bill

NanoNewbie · 09-05-2008, 09:28 PM

They eat algae from everything I've read about them. I have a lettuce slug and he eats bryopsis

panmanmatt · 09-05-2008, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by NanoNewbie

They eat algae from everything I've read about them. I have a lettuce slug and he eats bryopsis

Not true. Most are very specialized feeders only eating a certain type of coral or sponge. Some feed on flat worms, hydroids, and other smaller organsms exclusively. They are much better left in the oceans as their needs can not be met in a home aquarium.

Very few are actually algae eaters, lettuce slugs are actually the only one that I know of.

cheeks69 · 09-05-2008, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by SpoildRotn

I found a gorgeous bright purple Nudibranch the other day at my LFS and nobody there seemed to know much about it. I have looked online and still haven't even found out for sure what it eats....lol

Anybody know anything about them?

Thanks,
Deb

No one really knows what they eat and I don't know of one successful case of keeping these in captivity. Some believe that they eat a specific species of sponge or bryozoans and will accept no substitutes. My suggestion is to avoid it !

Frankie · 09-05-2008, 09:44 PM

I agree with Cheeks. Stay away from wasting money on these creatures. They are on my list of "things that need to stay in the ocean".

SeahorseBT · 09-05-2008, 09:59 PM

I think they eat sponges if some type and need tons of sponges to systsin them.

Debby · 09-05-2008, 10:09 PM

Had one that hitchiked on a piece of live rock and ate my flowerpot befor i could figure out what it was was not good.

kathywithbirds · 09-05-2008, 10:37 PM

Try looking here:

The Sea Slug Forum - Home Page

If it's the one I think you're referring to, they eat sponges.

kathywithbirds · 09-05-2008, 10:40 PM

Here, this one:

The Sea Slug Forum - Hypselodoris bullocki

SeahorseBT · 09-06-2008, 12:51 AM

Yay, I was right.

SpoildRotn · 09-06-2008, 02:27 PM

Thanks guys! I think I will leave it at the store. I found some other type of sea slug on my rock the other day and he ate one of my sponges so, I guess I am going to have to find it again and get rid of it. Yikes, I have to find it...lol, that is NOT going to be fun....

...lmao!

Thanks again,
Deb

09-05-2008, 02:07 AM	#1 (permalink)
SpoildRotn Bryozoan Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kansas Posts: 46 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Does anyone know anything about Purple Nudibranchs? I found a gorgeous bright purple Nudibranch the other day at my LFS and nobody there seemed to know much about it. I have looked online and still haven't even found out for sure what it eats....lol Anybody know anything about them? Thanks, Deb __________________ I swear! It wasn't me! Okay, okay. I give up! You got me.

09-05-2008, 07:36 AM	#2 (permalink)
funkpolice Plate Coral Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Orland Park IL Posts: 751 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Does anyone know anything about Purple Nudibranchs? It might be that nobody (literally) knows what it eats. Many nudis are very specialized eaters, so much that they can't be accommodated in a home aquarium. I've seen a lot of really cool looking nudis for sale, but it's always the same, they are either sold or die within a month. I had a saleskid tell me they ate phyto plankton, which they conveniently had a new brand of, and flake food. That very well may be the case, but I don't buy it. Maybe someone here can help you with an id and it's needs. bill

09-05-2008, 09:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
NanoNewbie Fire Coral Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sacramento, Ca Posts: 77 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Does anyone know anything about Purple Nudibranchs? They eat algae from everything I've read about them. I have a lettuce slug and he eats bryopsis

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SeahorseBT Elegance coral Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Libertyville, IL Posts: 1,230 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Does anyone know anything about Purple Nudibranchs? I think they eat sponges if some type and need tons of sponges to systsin them.

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Debby Tuxedo Urchin Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Abilene Texas Posts: 299 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Does anyone know anything about Purple Nudibranchs? Had one that hitchiked on a piece of live rock and ate my flowerpot befor i could figure out what it was was not good. __________________ 100 gallon tank orbit currant lighting with moon lights started 10-07 70 lbs live rock live sand/ tomatoe clown/blue damsil/1 cleaner shrimp/sand sifter cucumber/betta/coral beauty corals= toadstool/elegance coral/polyps/rose anemone/ frog spawn/large toadstool//6 lg turbo snails /10 blue leg hermit crabs/plate coral.pink brain/strawberries/colt coral Debby.

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kathywithbirds Social Darwinism victim Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Hood, NJ Posts: 5,836 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Does anyone know anything about Purple Nudibranchs? Try looking here: The Sea Slug Forum - Home Page If it's the one I think you're referring to, they eat sponges. __________________ (\_/) (\__/) ( . .) (^.^) (")(") (> <) Bunny and Bunnina have worked things out. Bunny was mistaken after all, Bunnina was not having an affair. "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." ~Lin Yutang

09-05-2008, 10:40 PM	#10 (permalink)
kathywithbirds Social Darwinism victim Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Hood, NJ Posts: 5,836 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Does anyone know anything about Purple Nudibranchs? Here, this one: The Sea Slug Forum - Hypselodoris bullocki __________________ (\_/) (\__/) ( . .) (^.^) (")(") (> <) Bunny and Bunnina have worked things out. Bunny was mistaken after all, Bunnina was not having an affair. "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." ~Lin Yutang

09-06-2008, 12:51 AM	#11 (permalink)
SeahorseBT Elegance coral Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Libertyville, IL Posts: 1,230 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Does anyone know anything about Purple Nudibranchs? Yay, I was right. __________________ -Blake http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...ahorses-2.html Raising S. Erectus Seahorses! http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...chronicle.html -My 34 gallon mixed reef.

09-06-2008, 02:27 PM	#12 (permalink)
SpoildRotn Bryozoan Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kansas Posts: 46 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Does anyone know anything about Purple Nudibranchs? Thanks guys! I think I will leave it at the store. I found some other type of sea slug on my rock the other day and he ate one of my sponges so, I guess I am going to have to find it again and get rid of it. Yikes, I have to find it...lol, that is NOT going to be fun.......lmao! Thanks again, Deb __________________ I swear! It wasn't me! Okay, okay. I give up! You got me.

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