A stranger in the tank

[skywatcher]

Hi All,
We were looking at our Reef tank he other day and this rather strange looking fellow crawled out of the live rock. It moves like a snail or rather a Slug as it has no shell. I was just wondering if anyone can identify this stranger for us.
Many thanks.
http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=12352&stc=1&d=1146316766

 

[Krish]

Welcome to RF! It's hard to tell by the picture...Hopefully someone will have better eyes here

 

[WAFalconer]

Hi and welcome !

Not sure at all...possibly a nudi or slug or some sort maybe ?
Can you get a closer pic ?

 

[skywatcher]

Thanks for the wellcome

Sorry about the picture quality but I had to get a quick one while our invader was still in sight. Will try to get another but in the interim the best I can do is a little better description. Our friend is about 1/2" long with a flattened body edged on both sides with small snowflake like protrusions. The colour is pure white and there seem to be antennae on the head. Thanks again.

 

[tike]

Yes, a cleaner picture can help us. For now I'll take a stab and say a nudie.

 

[tike]

Yep! It's a nudie! Here is some info on it. http://seaslugforum.net/factsheet.cfm?base=triteleg

HTH

willie

oh yeah..........welcome to RF!

 

[WAFalconer]

Isn't it crazy how a nudi found mainly in Australia can end up on rock in Canada. Do you think it is possibly a sub-species of the one in that link ?

 

[skywatcher]

I checked the link and you nailed the little bugger. A nudie he is for sure. I think I will let him roam for now unless he starts to damage my soft corals and then he's an ex-nudie! Noe on to my other problem...back to siphoning my latest crop of cyanobacteria... OH JOY! And I thought the algae in my fresh water tanks was fun! :|

 

[tike]

I had 5-6 of them for a while in my tank. Never witnessed any coral damage. They all just disappeared after a while.

 

[skywatcher]

And quite a beautiful creature it was too. I say was because I just caught it munching away on one of my Feather Dusters. I kind of hated to dispose of it, like I said it was quite a striking creature and I would have loved to have kept it.