Tritoniopsis elegans in aquarium
May 30, 2003
From: Ember Barnett
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I found this in my tank is it a sea slug?
Ember Barnett
ebarnett@charter.net
Dear Ember,
This is indeed a sea slug. It is Tritoniopsis elegans which feeds on certain soft corals. It probably got into your aquarium on such a soft coral. In the lower two photos I have enlarged sections of your photos to show its white spiral egg strings. Scroll up and down the page to look at the other messages about this species.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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