ID help and please enlighten me

[aljndrno]

Please help me ID some of these. Any help is greatly appreciated.

I also have a picture of a Spanish Dancer and a Sea Apple but know nothing about them.

many thanks.

 

[waymack97]

first one looks like a chilton(shell less snail) but i am not sure.
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[aljndrno]

It looked more like a nudibranch to me. It has laces along the edges of it. But then again that's why I'm asking for help.

Thanks.

 

[bleedingthought]

Are Chiltons ok in reef tanks?

 

[MartinE]

Are Chiltons ok in reef tanks?

Far as I know they are, they grind away at rock and eat stuff in it.

 

[Meloco14]

I don't think that first one is a chiton. Looks more like some type of nudi, or maybe even a baby sea hare. Hard to tell. Chitons on the other hand are the things you see in tide pools stuck to rocks. They look like a prehistoric pill bug, flattened out and cemented onto the rock surface. They have very distinct hard sections of their back, giving them the pill bug appearance. Very small varieties are sometimes found in reef tanks and they are harmless grazers, as far as I know.

 

[Meloco14]

Here is a pic of a chiton:
http://www.reefs.org/hhfaq/pages/pictur ... hiton.html

 

[aljndrno]

As I first suspected it might be a nudi. Came with a live rock I bought. I saw it for 2 days straight and have not seen it since.

It was great looking, moved fast and look like a laced nudi or some sort. Hope to see it again someday. I hope it's harmless. :lol:

Many thanks.

 

[cindre2000]

More likely than not it probably will starve to death. Most nudi's have very specific diets that cannot be successfully matched in a hobbysts tank. If you get a better picture look up the sea slug form (I do not know the address), they are great for identification.

 

[LeslieH1]

The first one is a tritonid nudibranch. Most species are specialists on soft corals. Second is a cerianthid anemone. These build tubes in sand & mud. The third... What are you asking about? The harlequin shrimp? They only eat sea stars.

 

[SnowManSnow]

that first one looks like a nudi that eats apstias.. I cant remember the name. starts witha B I think.

 

[LeslieH1]

that first one looks like a nudi that eats apstias.. I cant remember the name. starts witha B I think.

Berghia? No, the rhinophores (the two white things sticking up) are the wrong shape for Berghia but right for a tritonid slug.