sea slugs

[mattstewart]

I was at the LFS the other day and they had these purple sea slugs with the yellow fringe on them (somemight call it a nudibranch I guess). It was about 1-2" long I would say. Does anyone have any experience with these guys? Do they do good in a reef tank?

thanks

 

[Anonymous]

Sadly they do very poorly in our tanks. Either because they have specific diets, or they get sucked into pumps.
I would avoid them.

RR

 

[Len]

Yep, not the best for captivity. They're beautiful (and toxic to fish, but they know better then to eat them). Alas, they're fragile and short lived.

 

[mattstewart]

man that sucks because they're pretty sweet looking. i suppose the beautiful things are always the trickiest though.