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fishfingers · 02-25-2007, 02:38 AM

Hey mate, I'll help you out as best I can. From what I've read, one websites says that they do only seem to eat bryopis, but another (and seemingly more scientific) website claims they eat the following:

Juvi:
Bryopis
Derbesia

Adult:
Penicillus capitatus
Caulerpa verticillata
Some forms of Halimedia
And I assume the same ones as above

I must stress though I'm only quoting websites I've never kept one personally. I think most people get them to get rid of pest algae, then the nudibranch usually dies due to starvation. I'm also not sure if you'd be able to feed him any substitutes as most nudibranchs are very specialist feeders.

As far as lighting goes, this seems to be due to it inducing the chloroplasts from algae and incorportating it into it's tissue (which explains why it needs to photosynthesize). If this is the case, I'm assuming it wouldn't need strong lighting due to the fact algae doesn't need strong lighting. However this is merely a guess.

I got this information from these sites (but I'm assuming you've already seen them):
http://www.peteducation.com/article....articleid=2143
http://www.marinedepotlive.com/lettu...udibranch.html
http://www.seaslugforum.net/display.cfm?id=12310

I hope someone whos actually kept the species can give you some more helpful information.

02-25-2007, 02:38 AM	#2
fishfingers Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Australia Age: 19 Posts: 129	Hey mate, I'll help you out as best I can. From what I've read, one websites says that they do only seem to eat bryopis, but another (and seemingly more scientific) website claims they eat the following: Juvi: Bryopis Derbesia Adult: Penicillus capitatus Caulerpa verticillata Some forms of Halimedia And I assume the same ones as above I must stress though I'm only quoting websites I've never kept one personally. I think most people get them to get rid of pest algae, then the nudibranch usually dies due to starvation. I'm also not sure if you'd be able to feed him any substitutes as most nudibranchs are very specialist feeders. As far as lighting goes, this seems to be due to it inducing the chloroplasts from algae and incorportating it into it's tissue (which explains why it needs to photosynthesize). If this is the case, I'm assuming it wouldn't need strong lighting due to the fact algae doesn't need strong lighting. However this is merely a guess. I got this information from these sites (but I'm assuming you've already seen them): http://www.peteducation.com/article....articleid=2143 http://www.marinedepotlive.com/lettu...udibranch.html http://www.seaslugforum.net/display.cfm?id=12310 I hope someone whos actually kept the species can give you some more helpful information.