slug id help please

[scootrnerd]

i found this slug in my tank at 12 am looked as though it was feeding on some glove polyps. its approximately 3/4 inch long i have looked all over and cant find any info on it, was hoping its a stomatella but i thought they where reef safe. i have removed it to a qt tank so mainly worried about eggs. i haven't added anything to the tank about 4 months. so where did it come from? any help is greatly appreciated :wall:

 

[snailrider]

That guy looks pretty cool. Was he actually eating the polyps or in the general vacinity? Is there damage to the polyps?

Is there a shell burried under a fleshy outer coat?

 

[salty420]

usually when someone says they have a slug it is infact a stomatella snail. in this case however it is not. i have no idea what it is but i can say it's not a stomatella, sorry.

 

[scootrnerd]

no there is no shell, yes he was hanging on the polyps there is some damage but not sure if it caused it

 

[Grins]

almost looks like a cucumber, but Charles probably has a better idea than I do on what it is.

 

[scootrnerd]

yeah but aren't cucumbers reef safe?

 

[Grins]

I'm starting to not even like the term "reef safe". Cucumbers can be great, some can be toxic when they die or become stressed. And as i said, not sure it is a cucumber. Charles1958 here has a lot of invert knowledge and I'd also check with the invert gurus on the invert site at RC for another opinion source

 

[scootrnerd]

thanks grin, it maybe mute anyway i came home from work and it gone! cant find it in the q.t tank filter nada!

 

[Grins]

Hmm hopefully you'll find it again. If it were me though I'd still post in the RC invert forum and hope that GreenBean or one of the other gurus there knows what it is.

 

[snailrider]

I was just at wet web media and saw a pic of what you may have.

A nudibranch. Looked alot like that, but which one I did not research, just pointing in a direction for you to look.

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/nudibran.htm about 2/3 of the way down

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