Help with id
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Topic: Help with id
Posted By: Tresa
Subject: Help with id
Date Posted: April 16 2008 at 12:00pm
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I am thinking this is a berghia..............let me know what you think............
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Posted By: Jake Pehrson
Date Posted: April 16 2008 at 12:42pm
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Nope.
Not a Berghia. ------------- Jake Pehrson Murray http://coralplanet.com" rel="nofollow - coralplanet.com http://utahbeeranch.com" rel="nofollow - :) |
Posted By: Tresa
Date Posted: April 16 2008 at 1:43pm
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Do you know what it is?
It is in my nano at work, I have not added anything new for months and I have never seen him before. He was out cruising around but once the lights kicked on he hid. I am imagining he is eating well, he has had to have been in there for a while. My xenia is the only coral that is not doing well and it never does so that might not mean anything...............
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Posted By: Tresa
Date Posted: April 16 2008 at 1:47pm
| oh and the color is a little off, he is more of a light pink/whitish color.........with two antennae-ish parts that come out in the front.............. |
Posted By: cl2ysta1
Date Posted: April 16 2008 at 3:05pm
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def. not a berghia. I'd kill it ------------- I <3 Boxers Achilles tang lover |
Posted By: Tresa
Date Posted: April 16 2008 at 3:38pm
I can't kill it when I don't know what it is! I can't always kill things when I do know what they are! 
I don't know how bad it could really be, all my coral look fine............I am going to keep searching..............
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Posted By: jonafriendj
Date Posted: April 16 2008 at 3:51pm
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It's like a mix between a nudi and a feather star! ------------- Pleasant Grove |
Posted By: jonafriendj
Date Posted: April 16 2008 at 3:59pm
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I'd guess it's some type of nudibranch ------------- Pleasant Grove |
Posted By: jonafriendj
Date Posted: April 16 2008 at 4:02pm
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Posted By: Tresa
Date Posted: April 16 2008 at 4:05pm
here is a better pic...................
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Posted By: jonafriendj
Date Posted: April 16 2008 at 4:07pm
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Looks pretty similar to the pic I found? They called it a banana nudibranch. Sorry for spamming your thread! ------------- Pleasant Grove |
Posted By: Jake Pehrson
Date Posted: April 16 2008 at 4:13pm
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It is a nudibranch. They are for the most part specialty feeders. They will usually feed on something you want to keep.
I don't know what the exact type is, but you could check out seaslugforum.net. They will proabably have a good idea. ------------- Jake Pehrson Murray http://coralplanet.com" rel="nofollow - coralplanet.com http://utahbeeranch.com" rel="nofollow - :) |
Posted By: cl2ysta1
Date Posted: April 16 2008 at 4:16pm
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the only one that isnt bad for your tank is a berghia. More than likely it is a bad one. I'd at least pull it out and put it in another tank so if you do find out it is bad it doesnt lay eggs all over ------------- I <3 Boxers Achilles tang lover |
Posted By: MadReefer
Date Posted: April 16 2008 at 6:09pm
Berghia is not the ONLY one that is not bad for your tank.
If this one is healthy and been in your tank for a long time AND has not eaten anything you like in there, I would say keep it. This all depends on what you have to lose of course.
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cl2ysta1 wrote:Posted By: Tresa
Date Posted: April 16 2008 at 8:28pm
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The head is different than the one in the pic, he has long tentacles that stick straight up out of his head............. It is a nano so it would not be too hard to find him...........I think I will leave him in there and see what happens.............
Thanks everyone!
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Posted By: Jeff Morrill
Date Posted: April 16 2008 at 8:52pm
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http://www.seaslugforum.net/ - http://www.seaslugforum.net/
Long search, Good luck... Wow tons of info... ------------- WHAT KINDA GUM????... Give em 2 sticks. |
Posted By: cl2ysta1
Date Posted: April 16 2008 at 9:05pm
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one little nudi isnt worth your corals for sure. They could be feeding on zoas and you wouldnt really notice just one. If it turned into 20 however you would notice. little boogers ------------- I <3 Boxers Achilles tang lover |
Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: April 16 2008 at 11:40pm
I would get rid of him to be safe. (now that you have taken pictures)
Mike -------------  |
Posted By: Tresa
Date Posted: April 17 2008 at 8:24am
| I am sure you guys are right - I just hate killing stuff on purpose - I do enough of it by accident! Thanks for all the help! |
Posted By: Kevin
Date Posted: April 17 2008 at 10:00am
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I think Nudibranch's are cool. If you like it as much as some of your corals then why not keep it. Unless he has more then one it wont multiply, and if it does multiply then the worst it can do is kill whatever it is feeding an and then die.
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Posted By: Crazy Tarzan
Date Posted: April 17 2008 at 10:15am
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I had some that ate all my montipora frags when I first set up my tank. Since I don't have any more montipora, haven't seen a single one in months. They looked similar to that one, but were tiny. ------------- Was that in there yesterday? Casper--WY windier than ? Down to a 20, soon to double or nothing |
Posted By: Adam Blundell
Date Posted: April 17 2008 at 10:21am
I agree. Nudibranchs are cool and I'd keep him.
Adam ------------- Come to a meeting, they�re fun! |
Posted By: EagleEyez5
Date Posted: April 17 2008 at 11:32am
So don't kill it on purpose, let it brave the wild of the round filling cabinet......once it gets over the initial shock of fresh water, it should live a full happy life  .------------- http://www.highendcorals.com/"> 
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Posted By: gobie
Date Posted: April 18 2008 at 2:41am
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could it be some type of neapolitana spurilla? if so they are known to eat pink tip anemones as well as majano. ------------- 135 with vhos |
Posted By: Tresa
Date Posted: April 20 2008 at 9:42am
Trust me - he does not eat majanos!!! I have not seen him for a couple days so we will see what happens......................
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Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: April 20 2008 at 12:55pm
She's probably busy laying eggs.
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Posted By: Tresa
Date Posted: April 21 2008 at 9:47pm
I hope so - then I will have bunches of them in the tank - they are so pretty! 
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