Blue and yellow tiny nudibranch ID Please

[toomanyhobbies]

My live rock is from gulf-view, so it came from the West Coast of Florida. I noticed a tiny (3-4mm) nudibranch today. He seems to be fond of the macro algae in the tank. I looked on several nudibranch ID sites. I thought he was maybe a Hypselodoris-edenticulata, but not sure at all. Any help would be appreciated. These were the best pictures I could get. He is deep blue with longitudnal bright yellow stripes.

 

Pictures:

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/181/dscn05848qm.jpg

 

http://img365.imageshack.us/img365/5632/ds...dscn05851xt.jpg

 

http://img365.imageshack.us/img365/8940/ds...dscn05821yk.jpg

 

Thanks so much

 

[Caesar777]

Looks like a tiny Chromidoris sp. nudibranch. Sponge-eater, regardless of what type it is (in that family), hopefully has enough on your rock.

[toomanyhobbies]

Thanks Caesar, I found some pictures of Chromidoris that look very similar. Unfortuneately tonight the poor little bugger was getting sucked into the intake grate of the nano cube and then after he got free he blew all over the place. I hope he lives.

[Prunfarm]

Wow, a nano-nudi for your nano tank!

[toomanyhobbies]

No sign of him this morning. I will keep a close watch.

I never would have seen this beautiful little nudi if I'd had a big tank. I think that nanoreef really bring us closer to all of this amazing diversity. Sorry, I sound like an infomercial or something.

[Reef_Mad_Man]

He will more than likely die very soon. They very rarely make it in home aquaria for more than a couple weeks/months.

He will either starve to death or get sucked into your intake

[Caesar777]

Yup. They don't last long in aquaria, even if they do have a bit of native sponge on the rocks.