Small Red Slug?

[Kungpaoshizi]

Saw this and pulled it, looks like a slug? (not a flatworm, seen those before)
I do feed enough particulates to maintain a lot of diversity..

 

[Kungpaoshizi]

hmm just stumbled across this
http://seaslugsofhawaii.com/species/Vayssierea-felis-a.html

http://www.umiushi.info/kanri/photo...00&PHPSESSID=98a72418c2f9f237fc89e9cb1edfce93

 

[Lionfish Lair]

It's a Vayssierea.

 

[Roboson]

So would it be considered not reef safe then? Since it eats feather dusters.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

I missed Kung's links....

I guess it depends on how you define a reef and if you feel tubeworms are an inherent part of one. I would SO keep the slugs over the tubeworms. Tubeworms are a dime a dozen.

 

[Kungpaoshizi]

I guess that depends if you want to keep feather dusters or not.. I have a ton of smaller encrusting worms.
I do have 1 feather duster that popped up on a frag, though I've not seen anything on it.(yet? hehe)

Maybe I'll introduce some more to see if they'll populate more. Only 1 I've seen so far, might have seen a 2nd earlier though. They're so small, lol, the ones I'm seeing are like 1-2mm...

 

[Roboson]

Make sure they're not actually vermentid snails. I thought I had tiny feather dusters once, they were just some sessile snails. I wonder if your red slug would eat them too.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

I've never seen more than a few in someone's tank. They were never permanent and seemed to be a fleeting guest. I haven't run across anything yet that says they will eat sessile snails.

 

[Bitcoin Reefer]

Holy **** I hope so!

I have the worst spirorbid problem. Actually have 6-line in QT right now trying to solve this. Recently researched Vayssierea Felis but no one ever seems to have a way to buy or obtain them. Maybe nature is solving my problem for me lol. I’d be so happy if what I have is also really a Vayssierea. What are the odds lol? I’ve had massive spirorbid worms for 3-6 months? Just now seeing this red guy. Added some pics of him and my spirorbid worm problem. He’s much more BRIGHT red than pics show.

 

[Bitcoin Reefer]

Btw if mine really are Vayssierea Felis, if they thrive and breed feeding on my millions of spirorbid worms, I will gladly send some to fellow reefers. I have been battling these spirorbid for so long. I know the pain. If I solve my problem I’ll help others to solve theirs cheers and wish me luck!

 

[Bitcoin Reefer]

So I ended up stopping feeding so much Reef Roids, and my Spirorbid problem basically completely went away few months ago. Oddly though I notice I have a lot more of these red slugs. I don't think I have new Spirorbid worms growing because surfaces I clean like glass, and back glass have zero worms. I have a bunch of what I think are old shells of the worms on rocks, just because those will last until something scrapes them off. I wonder what these slugs are eatting. They're multiplying and seeing quite a bit lately. I wonder if they eat Cyano, Dinos, or Diatoms, which I have low levels of each, but decent amount of Cyano in refugium only, and that's where I see these guys the most.