Little red critter

[gfxtramp]

Hi,
Had a look through all the critters shown in here, but not found this guy. No change to the tank in 6 months, only thing has been adding a redsea dose4 and swapping my reefwave 25 for a 45. Now the 45 has more power and moves the sand bed a lot. So I saw it a week back suddenly so I took these pics. Then it disappeared, but it's back on the side glass. Can't get a better pic though. It's red about 1cm across. Has a small divit at the top and seems to have a black thing sticking out from under it. Should it stay or go? Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

 

[kevgib67]

@ISpeakForTheSeas ? I never seen anything like this.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Any chance you could pull it out of the tank in a container of tank water and get some pics from various angles? Pics facing straight-on from the top and the side would be especially helpful.

Edit: To add, it's likely a nudibranch or similar, but the pics above would help with saying for sure.

 

[gfxtramp]

I'll try to get the little fella, but he is in the most awkward place to be.

 

[The Opinionated Reefer]

Some type of sea slug. Quick google found this http://www.seaslugforum.net/showall/hexasang

 

[gfxtramp]

its more like a small bun/cake (Think a sweet roll from elder scrolls games haha) to be honest. Has not moved for a few days stuck to the glass.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

its more like a small bun/cake (Think a sweet roll from elder scrolls games haha) to be honest. Has not moved for a few days stuck to the glass.

Any chance you can get some pics of it from different angles then?

 

[gfxtramp]

So I got my phone in the tank and took these. Best I can get as it's a one handed job.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

That almost looks like a nem or a mushroom coral of some kind. Have you seen it move or open up at all?

 

[Borat]

It's a piece of red chewing gum..

 

[PharmrJohn]

Any chance you could pull it out of the tank in a container of tank water and get some pics from various angles? Pics facing straight-on from the top and the side would be especially helpful.

Edit: To add, it's likely a nudibranch or similar, but the pics above would help with saying for sure.

Nudibranch was my first guess.

 

[gfxtramp]

It's a piece of red chewing gum..

This is my best guess too. haha. Not seen it open. The first time I saw it as per the first post was in the middle of the sand bed. It had a small hole in the top and I believe a tenticle/stick from underneath. It then disappeared for a few days and showed up where it is now. He hasn't moved or done anything. The nearest thing Ive had since starting the aquarium was a red nem. That disappeared about 9 months ago and was a lot bigger. I had forgotten about it until I just started typing. Could it be a zombie nem? Tank of the living Nem.

 

[gfxtramp]

Well, the little red thing is still sitting there on the glass. If it does anything I will update on here. Thanks for all the input.