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| Posted 12/6/2006 7:20:36 AM |
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The link doesn't work, but I know the slug you're talking about. I haven't kept that species, but I have kept other species of Haminoea. They're pretty unremarkable as far as grazing goes, but they're reef safe. They stick mostly to the sand.
Mike G.
Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana.
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| Posted 12/6/2006 7:37:22 AM |
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| Thanks for the info-- ok maybe this time: harlequin bubble sea slug http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=2172&N=0 And hey-- 5.2 seconds on seaslugforum.net yields: Haminoea cymbalum
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Order: CEPHALASPIDEA
Superfamily: HAMINOEOIDEA
Family: Haminoeidae
DISTRIBUTIONFound throughout the Indo-West Pacific. PHOTOFingal Bay, Port Stephens, New South Wales, Australia. May 1993. in rock pool, 3 specimens, 23-27mm long alive. - The green on the shell is caused by a fine layer of microscopic green algae. Small tufts of filamentous algae are also growing on the anterior part of the shell. PHOTO: Bill Rudman. Most species of the Haminoea are translucent with brown, grey and white mottling. Species are found throughout tropical and temperate seas, and often occur in very large populations. Haminoea cymbalum is characterised by the bright orange spots and diffuse purple markings on the translucent greenish body. Sometimes either the orange or purple may be absent but animals are usually clearly identifiable. All species of Haminoea are herbivorous, grinding their algal food, usually filamentous green species, but sometimes the Sea-lettuce Ulva, or the unicellular algal film which settles on the sandy-mud surfaces on which Haminoea is often found. They probably live for about a year, and lay sausage egg masses containing many tiny eggs which hatch as free-swimming larvae. You would need to replace ypur animals each year as breeding them in captivity is very difficult. Funny what you can accomplish if you actually try "reading" 
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