ID Please...Nothing I have ever seen

[cwby416]

The only thing that comes to mind is some sort of a nudibranch, but not sure. I only find them on coral, and so far there is no noticable dammage to the corals that they have hung out on. seems to be my leather and my zoa's that they stay around. I have taken out a couple already, but it looks like they are mating in here, becasue the picture with two in it are tiny comparied to the main one. the big one's lengh is no longer than a quarter inch......anyone???

Thanks

 

[-=dieseldave=-]

They eat Zoa's

 

[cwby416]

Omg

aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh

what are they?

How do I get them out? besides siphoning out the ones I can find?????

 

[-=dieseldave=-]

Just use a turkey baster and get one at a time. I do not know the real name.
They come out at night usually.
Good luck,
David.

 

[mfinn]

They do appear to be the type that eats zoanthids.

 

[cwby416]

I've siphoned off a few, but there seem to be lots of tiny babies that wont siphon out..... anyone think a freshwater dip might get them off??

 

[mfinn]

You can do freshwater dips on corals like zoanthids, but I'm not sure about other corals.
There is a thread on Reef Central in the zoanthid forum that goes into detail on the dip procedure.

 

[Boomer]

They are nukes. It is an Aeolidacea, family Facelinidae, Phyllodesmium sp They feed on soft corals

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Phyllodesmium&btnG=Google+Search&sa=N&tab=gi

 

[cwby416]

Thanks everyone

I did the freashwater dip like finn sugested from RC last night. and this morning they look awesome!!! looks like it iraticated all the babies too I will just have to wait and see if there were any eggs left behind....