Lettuce Nudibranch
 

Hello,

I am new to this board but I thought i would post a question about something interesting I found in my tank this morning. I had a lettuce slug in my tank before going to a higher flow SPS type setup, and unfortunately about a week ago he met his end on a powerhead :frown: . Half his body was stuck to the grate and the rest I presumed were expelled into the tank in pieces. This morning I look on the glass and low and behold a tiny lettuce slug! He is only about a quarter inch long, but easily recognizable.

Anyways, now my question is, do you think this little guy hatched, or can nudi's clone from splits like anemones?

Brennan.

I thought Rick James was dead :confused:

J/K ....:rainbowa: :drinking: :rainbow1:

I think their heads can live on for a little while if something happens to them. Whether the heads eventually grows a new body though, I have no idea.

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might be a hitch hiker . . .? :confused:

Yeah rj is dead, but I've named my cleaner shrimp in his memory.... :biggrin:

As for it being a hitch hiker, from what I know they come from the Atlantic and all my lr is pacific, so I don't think that is the case.

I think I am going to assume this is an offspring. I wonder if there are more of them crawlin' around. Dang hemaphrodites!

Brennan.

It's not only from wher the rock originates from that you'd get hitch hikers, it's also where it's been before you got it. Exporter/importer, wholesaler, distributor, LFS ect, ect.

Yeah that could be, never thought of my LR coming in contact with other stuff.