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I an addition to my mystery coral I posted about in another thread, I also have super cool algae eating mystery slugs!
Both of them are amazing algae eaters, by far the best I have ever seen in any freshwater/ saltwater tank. They can clear the entire tank in about a day and leave the rock looking shiny like it was dipped in literal bleach, but they don’t touch coralline algae.
At first I thought these were both the same species, but upon seeing them side by side I realized they are probably not, but they must be closely related nonetheless.
I am confident they are native to south Florida and came along some water and seaweed I collected, but they also could have potentially come on some cheato or live rock from the local fish store.
The first one died and then the second one appeared about a couple weeks later.
They eat algae and expel waste out of the protrusions on their back like most Sacoglossa slugs, but I am not aware of any specific sacoglossa slugs that look like these.
Here are some pictures.
Please help me identify them!
The first slug.
The second slug.
Both of them are amazing algae eaters, by far the best I have ever seen in any freshwater/ saltwater tank. They can clear the entire tank in about a day and leave the rock looking shiny like it was dipped in literal bleach, but they don’t touch coralline algae.
At first I thought these were both the same species, but upon seeing them side by side I realized they are probably not, but they must be closely related nonetheless.
I am confident they are native to south Florida and came along some water and seaweed I collected, but they also could have potentially come on some cheato or live rock from the local fish store.
The first one died and then the second one appeared about a couple weeks later.
They eat algae and expel waste out of the protrusions on their back like most Sacoglossa slugs, but I am not aware of any specific sacoglossa slugs that look like these.
Here are some pictures.
Please help me identify them!
The first slug.
The second slug.