are there ANY nudibranch or other sea slugs for me?

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jdak702
 
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by jdak702

really? that one looked promising sense it eats algae. my lfs only has lettuce and velvet. like you said, they only eat flatworms and i have never seen one in my tank.


theDeedo
 
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by theDeedo

Gumbii are you saying that sea hares are the only ones that WONT nuke your tank? Have you heard of or had any luck getting the lettuce nuti to eat algae sheets?


mro2you2
 
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by mro2you2

Well nudis are used to get rid of pest in the tank
and they aren't really used as pets in most tanks. There only used as cheap ways to get rid of pest/algea.

I think there ugly and avoid them as much as possible.


jdak702
 
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by jdak702

They look alright to me...
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gumbii
 
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by gumbii

the color of the nudi says alot about what it eats... those bright colored ones usually eat corals...


like the first one with the tentacles eats LPS... like duncans... i've seen them at LFS...


and the sea hair doesn't nuke the tank because you will see it dead and doesn't break down as fast as a nudi...




but if you leave it in your tank...

just saying...


joyce123
 
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by joyce123

ive never hears of the "spanish dancer"... sounds awesome..... does anyone know where i can get one online somewhere.... id like to try them... do you also know if it too will nuke the tank if it shall pass away?


theDeedo
 
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by theDeedo

i grabbed a quick link for you to look at but if you google "spanish dancer fish" you will get alot of results. I heard no they wont nuke your tank, and I have had one which died bcause of a filter accident and it did not kill my fish. They are not venomous, but I have been told they are for the expert only. They are extrodenary though, they move like a sea slug across the glass of the tank and then all of a sudden BAM! they flare out and start dancing through the water. The first time I seen it I knew exactly how it got its name.

u can watch it here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTGmYagN ... re=related

and read about it here
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm ... 9&aid=2146

these look just like mine did
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mro2you2
 
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by mro2you2

you would want something that would block it from getting close to the filter.


theDeedo
 
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by theDeedo

yeah, they told me before i got it to put a screen ovr my intake, which I did...and all that was left of him was a knot in the screen, where he had been sucked through. You would want an overflow box I think, when dealing with this type.


jdak702
 
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by jdak702

You could use a pre filter sponge instead of a screen. I think that could work. Looking at the spanish dancer online and it said it can get 2 feet long.

are there ANY nudibranch or other sea slugs for me?

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