Just Discovered Slug

[Reliance]

Hi,

I turned on the lights in my tank late last night and found this slug in my tank.

Anybody familiar with slugs?

Are they okay to leave in the tank or should I try to remove it.

Thank you for any good advice.

Reliance

[ad_aware]

remove~~ and kill it!! haha..

tats wat i did lah.. once i saw one and i panicked.. took it out.. and slice it into tiny pieces using the small tongs... dunno why i jus find it disgusting mayb?

[xersion]

kill and soak with garlic guard.. end up as next meal for ur fish

[shoelevy]

eh they might be chitons

algae grazers

dun anyhow kill

post pic!

[dkk08]

Do they look like this?

Berghia Nudibranch

[Reliance]

This is the shot i got of it

[Reliance]

This is another shot i got of it

[jamomatt]

remove~~ and kill it!! haha..

tats wat i did lah.. once i saw one and i panicked.. took it out.. and slice it into tiny pieces using the small tongs... dunno why i jus find it disgusting mayb?

That sounds more digusting...

[Clownfish]

cant see clearly... take it out n give it a shot from the side...

there could be lots more of them... betta to find them out now... could be zoo nudibranch

[princesseve]

so... is a slug good or is it bad??

[monpire]

Was told by LFS that it's ok to have slug in tank...bought it ...a few days later slug gotta suck into filter...tank crashed realised that it was toxic.

Moral of the story Don't play with SLUT...I mean slug...hahaha

[Reliance]

Thanks for all your comments .... i will attempt to catch it and place into holding tank. Will be able to get a better picture of it then.

There is a comment on it being toxic....any suggestion on the handling during the attempt to catch it without it being a threat to the other tank mates?

Reliance

[arcanehacker]

Was told by LFS that it's ok to have slug in tank...bought it ...a few days later slug gotta suck into filter...tank crashed     realised that it was toxic.

Moral of the story Don't play with SLUT...I mean slug...hahaha

it seriously depends. if you got a good flow system, it will not crash..

I had 2 white seahare, died and did not even affect my 2ft. If your flow and filtration is good.. highly unlikely a small slug will crash the tank.

[monpire]

It does not produce toxin but stored the toxin from anemone when it(slug) consume it(anemone)...it's more for defence purposes. So, if the slug has yet to feed on any anemone, it should be safe...handle it my with bare hands before...no problem...anyway I do agreed with arcanehacker, good filtration should be able to prevent tank crash...my was not that good...

[newmarine]

Hi, just notice I got one too... does this fellow eats up coral.

How can I catch it as it always hide under the rocks

[Reliance]

Hi All,

Thanks for all inputs received.

I noticed the nudi on one of my small rock and took the whole rock out and transfered it into my smaller tank (1 feet).

It seems to be happy there and doing well.

Reliance

[Dirtbiker]

don't worry bro...

i have been keeping it for a year, it eats algae grown in your tank and LR...

it will not eat any of your coral...

it's a nice tank mate to keep and only active under moon light...

beware of it being suck into powerhead...