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| [51 (permalink)] Posted by spinycheek 10-28-2009, 03:45 AM |
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![]() Wow, that was a risky addition! These guys (Phyllidia varicosa) have a toxin called 9-isocyanopupukeane that is fatally toxic to fish and crustaceans. They've been known to nuke tanks because they release that toxin when they get irritated. They really are gorgeous though. |
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| [54 (permalink)] Posted by spinycheek 10-28-2009, 06:04 PM |
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That's just Andrew's picture that I copied from the beginning of this thread. But yeah, it's a cool nudi, great photograph of it too.
I was just thinking of doing a tank update, water's all cloudy right now though because I was redecorating in it. |
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| [56 (permalink)] Posted by Thinkin Reef 11-02-2009, 01:03 AM |
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Cos it got chopped up by the power head , it sent the skimmer into over drive. but no damage was done to anything else but the nudi poor bugger he was great to look at !
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| [58 (permalink)] Posted by Thinkin Reef 11-02-2009, 04:16 PM |
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LOL Bill , they only lasted a short time as they got chewed up by the powerheads.
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| [59 (permalink)] Posted by spinycheek 11-02-2009, 05:56 PM |
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Most do starve if they don't get chopped up first. I think that last nudi feeds on a particular genus of sponge.
That's good it didn't kill anything. I've never kept a nudibranch before, but I've heard warnings against keeping Phyllidia nudibranchs because they're much more toxic than most others. |
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| [60 (permalink)] Posted by Thinkin Reef 11-02-2009, 06:13 PM |
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, and yet i lost only 1 acro , maybe i am lucky ,it did not wipe the tank out .
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