Lettuce sea slug dead

[Patx]

45gallons.

Float switch from skimmer have turn it off.
Could be 1hrs ago or 24hrs...

Tank, fish and coral OK.
Can't find the dead body ... but i saw a peace going in the flow.

skimmer going nut !
I added carbon in filter sock.
On the way to do 10 gallons "wet skim" water change.

Any bad experience with a dead lettuce sea slug ?

 

[KrisReef]

I have had them spontaneously decay and the carcass stunk rigorously enough to trigger a violent gag reaction that almost doubled the tank pollution load. The tank didn't suffer much.

 

[Patx]

I have had them spontaneously decay and the carcass stunk rigorously enough to trigger a violent gag reaction that almost doubled the tank pollution load. The tank didn't suffer much.

Great !
So i can go sleep now ?
1am... water change done !

Friday night are not what they use to be !

 

[KrisReef]

Great !
So i can go sleep now ?
1am... water change done !

Friday night are not what they use to be !

Get some rest and sleep well. In the morning take a look and see if you can find anymore chunks floating around. Remove them carefully and keep them down wind and down low until you get them out of the house.

 

[Patx]

Worst than a dead turbo ?
Challenge accept !

Thk.

 

[KrisReef]

Worst than a dead turbo ?
Challenge accept !

Thk.

Turbo's are rather pleasant in comparison, from my own experience. Neither is going to improve most people's appetite for breakfast if they get that whiff.

 

[Stomatopods17]

Elysia eats briopsis primarily (exclusively?) and they actually do something neat with it later on where they recycle the chlorophyll and feed photosynthetically. They need macro-suitable lighting.

They've very vulnerable to being torn up by tankmates and powerheads.

Lettuce slugs i dont recall being that much of a nutrient bomb when they die? They don't have the same ink and toxins of other nudibranch, particularly sea hares.

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Side note, stench contest goes to starfish, absolutely rancid when they melt in the water.

 

[Patx]

1 week later...
I never found the body...
No3 +2ppm
Like nothing happen.

Lesson learn.
Slug aren't for my tank.