Nudi hitchhikers!

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I recently added a couple of corals to my 10 gallon. One of them being a really nice Frogspawn frag, and the other about a 2 lb chunk of live rock with button polyps on it.

I noticed after adding the rock with the polyps a ton of little worms wiggling this way and that, picking up pieces of sand and sticking them to the rock in what appear to be cylindrical shapes, so I imagine they are feather dusters. Correct me if I'm wrong. Please!

Then I saw what appeared to be a micro-sized Snowflake Eel, which was in actuality a Peanut Worm after researching. Hey it was white with black bands... Then I saw a bristle worm under the back edge of the rock. Lots of cool stuff coming out of this rock I got.

Also, I noticed some kind of little spikey brown thing crawling around on the closed polyps but couldn't get the camera to zoom in enough to really tell what I was looking at. Later last night I saw it on the glass, and reallized it was a nudibranch of some sort.

It is brown, with thorny looking protrusions from its body, with two antenna's and a clear, tear shaped tail. It is only like 1 cm long so it's hard to see all the details. I also spotted a second one before I went to bed. Anyway, I imagine I should have removed it but I was happy to see more oceanlife coming about in my tank at the same time. Anyone have a clue what kind of nudibranch it is and if it is going to be a pest?

The corals possibly at risk in my tank are Green Star Polyps, Button Polyps, Frogspawn, and Purple Ricordia. Are these a nudibranch buffet?
 
Just the button polyps.... You can do a fresh water dip and being that it's a 10g you can just siphon them out most likely. :D

Post a pic and we will help you identify them.
 
Dang I hate to kill the little guys, they're pretty cool looking. The rock with the polyps only cost me $4.99 :lol: Is not the life of another living creature worth the cost of my corals? :lol: :lol: :lol:

Syphon them, yes. I believe I will use that method. I read about Marcs flatworm removal method and thought about that while I was looking at them. I was just amazed at the time by how crazy ocean creatures are.

I'll try to get a pic with the girlfriends digital when I get home.

Thanks for the quick response.
 
Syphon the Nudi's, not the flatworms! Though I have started seeing flatworms in my tank, I won't bother to syphon them, I'll just get some flatworm exit if I see some threatening my corals.
 
Yeah, I knew the darker colored ones were bad. They all look pretty clear at this point but I knew what they were as soon as I saw them crawling on the glass. Thanks for the tip. I will be picking up some Flatworm Exit on payday then to begin the apocalypse.
 
Ahh, I need to stock up on supplies anyway. I figured as long as they are clear and I don't see any on my corals they'll just be snacks for my Twinspot. I see something new everyday so I wouldn't be surprised if I start seeing some nasty ones eventually. I'm not really trying to turn the 10 into a reef tank, just wanted to add some more visual appeal to it.
Once my corals are well situated and my girlfriends tank is ready I was going to frag some into her tank and I can just hear her now if I introduced some pests into her tank...
 
Haha, well the girlfriend is at home on vacation so I forwarded the information on to her and she has taken the initiative in the war on nudibranch terrorism :) 2 removed so far this morning. By the time I get home from work there won't be any fun for me to be had. :lol:

Are the eggs little dotted spirals? Most of the pics on that reefcentral thread don't show up so I couldn't see the egg sack pics. If they are the dotted spirals I have seen a few of those.
 
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