Culture of Elysia rufescens

September 3, 2002
From: Arcadio

I am interested of growing Elysia rufescens together with Bryopsis in a tank. Is this possible?
Thank you very much
Arcadio

agcastro@pharmamar.com

Dear Arcadio,
In principle it should be possible. The secret will be to keep the algae alive. If you can do that, and can obtain some Elysia rufescens, I see no reason why you coudn't keep them alive. You don't say why you want to grow them. If your plan is to breed them, say for research purposes, you may run into problems. I have no idea whether they have a planktonic larval stage. If they do then that is a fairly difficult stage in the life cycle to deal with in the laboratory.
best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2002 (Sep 3). Comment on Culture of Elysia rufescens by Arcadio. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/7835

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