Hitchhiking Nudibranch? ID?

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lanimret

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Found this little guy on a high rock in my 2 month old tank. Very small, maybe a quarter of an inch, I think its some kind of nudibranch. That is not a very common hitchhiker is it? Anyway, I was pretty excited. Anyone ID?

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take it out most hitchhiking nudibranches r bad
 
I could move it to my refugium, think I should? I hate to kill anything I don't have to.

After doing some reading it looks like these tend to feed on specific types of sea anemones.

It is nowhere near either of mine, so I'm not sure what its eating. It's also nowhere near my polyps
 
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Before you decide it is inhumane to kill the nudibranch...read the following http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-05/rs/index.php and they multiply quickly so I would suggest that while it might not be near it's intended food source (polyp or anem) it will get there and cause distruction. They are typically specialized.

I would remove it...I had a nudi specilized in zoas, wasn't fun to try and get rid of them once they started to multiply.
 
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