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BeansAndGillroy

BeansAndGillroy

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Hello, new to the forum here, and hopefully am doing this right!

Late last night I spotted this little guy on the back of the tank, not moving. I've scoured the internet searching for answers, but I haven't come across anything that looks quite like it. It's about a half inch long, and looks to have eyes and a mouth. I took it out to float in another tank, because I didn't want to leave it there in case I never see it again. It seems quite speedy in the other container it's in now.

Any help would be appreciated! If he's reef safe I'd love to add him back to the water.
Hopefully I attached the picture correctly, if I didn't please tell me! :)

Edit* I tried changing the file, I also added a link. Hopefully one of them works now- sorry about that!

http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forum/index.php?media/img_7265.15860/

UPDATE: there's a second. I just noticed it while I was feeding the tank. This time, much paler. I sparked an idea though, is it possibly baby snails? It's a bit of a stretch, but I've been noticing the two turbo snails congregating to the same corner the past couple weeks, and both of these were spotted near that area.
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nanoreefing4fun

nanoreefing4fun

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Wow cool I have never seen anything like him - bet someone can id

tip - if you click on the pic, it will enlarge... so you can see his little eyes

any idea Sue @Oxylebius
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Start a tank thread & share your tank with us so we can follow along, we love pics :nessie:
 
nanoreefing4fun

nanoreefing4fun

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@BeansAndGillroy

I see you have your media page & album marked "Private" you will need to change that so others can see, but I pasted him in above... someone let me know if that worked, I think it did, but my view is as a mod.
 
BeansAndGillroy

BeansAndGillroy

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Hey there, I added a link to the picture, let me know if that works! Nanoreefing4fun also tried linking the photo :) @sixline maybe it will work for you too now, sorry about that!
 
BeansAndGillroy

BeansAndGillroy

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@DreamerDash hey there you two, thanks for the input! As I was feeding the tank tonight I just noticed another one, for 4 in total. The one I just found tonight was attached to my coral, and I had to pull it off. Each worm (or whatever they are) seem different. One is white, two are reddish brown, and the fourth is pinkish green. I'll try attaching a photo of the one from tonight. If it is some sort of flat worm, how do I get rid of them? Thanks for your help!

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Oxylebius

Oxylebius

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Hello @BeansAndGillroy that looks to be an Armina nudibranch (sea slug).
SUBORDER ARMININA
FAMILY Arminidae

There are many different nudibranch species. You can try checking out the various types on the sea slug forum's species list: http://www.seaslugforum.net/specieslist.htm - do a word search on the webpage for armina in order to search through these types for an ID.

All nudibranchs are carnivorous feeding on sponges, cnidarians (anemones, soft corals, hydroids, etc.), tunicates, ascidia, bryozoans, and sometimes on algae and even on others nudibranches.

Here are a couple of many articles you can find on nudibranchs on the web:
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2007/11/aafeature2
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2004/12/inverts
 
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