Some new and some old.............

[damien]

 

[Killerdrgn]

How long have you had those nudibranches for? Aren't they hard to feed?

 

[damien]

I've had them for about 2 months now, not too hard to feed. They mostly eat leftover food. I've just been leaving them alone and they've been fine.

 

[Hungriee]

cool nudibranches. are they toxic? ive heard they release toxins if they die in the tank.

 

[Domboski]

The purple nudibranch only eats two specific types of sponges. Not left over food.

 

[damien]

yes they are toxic. but between the size of my tank and i only have 2 it shouldn't cause any harm if it dies.

 

[Domboski]

Purple Nudibranch Info

Quote from seaslugforum.net: Your purple slug is what I am calling Hypselodoris bullocki. There are now three pages of messages concerning this species on the Forum, many of them from aquarium keepers wanting to know how to feed them. The short answer is that anyone who tells you they eat green algae either doesn't know what they are talking about or is trying to trick you. In either case I think you should complain. As you will see in earlier messages Hypselodoris bullocki is a carnivore, feeding on sponges. Unfortunately we do not know which species of sponge it eats, but I would suspect that like related species it will only feed on one or two partcular species. Your supplier obviously doesn't know what species they feed on so he won't be able to supply it for you. The other major problem is that even if you knew which sponge to feed it, keeping sponges alive in aquaria is difficult. And keeping sponges alive, while they are being eaten is even more difficult.

Concerning the egg ribbon. Yes it will be your slugs. I'm afraid egg-laying is not a sign of well-being, in fact it is often a sign of stress.
Sorry I can't give you better news,

Bill Rudman
<CITE>Rudman, W.B., 2001 (May 13). Comment on Purple sea slug by Alexandra Ellwood. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find.cfm?id=4316 </CITE>

 

[Awibrandy]

Good luck with those.

 

[prattreef]

Those sea slugs should remain in the sea. No one and I mean no one has any long term success with them.

 

[jhale]

where did you buy the nudibranches?

 

[damien]

i bought them here in deer park

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

:sad2: Poor nudis

 

[jhale]

if the LFS you got them from advised you they will eat normal fish food I would no longer shop there. each nudibranch has a specific food they eat. the challenge to keeping them alive in our tanks is first figuring out what they eat, then providing the food for them. most of the time this will be impossible to do as we do not have access to the specific types of food they eat. it can be a single type of algae or gorgonian, or sponge they feed on.