Hypselodoris bullocki - feeding and care.
December 31, 2000
From: Edward Sipolt
I am a 3 year experienced reefkeeper, recently I made a move to include three H. bullocki (purple/white/yellow coloration) into my prized fishtank. They have now survived for three months on a combination of Breadcrumb Sponges, Aiptasia anemones, and the occasional sponge that happens in on the liverock I purchase. Or so it seemed. My H. bullocki appear to feed off these other food sources sparingly, and have taken the bulk of their nutrition from a few large patches of what appeared to be algae, but is now identified as Aplysilla glacialis.
Information on this particular sponge can be found at
http://www.biology.ucsc.edu/classes/bio161l/Images/Animals/a01apl.html
Edward Sipolt
runic@msn.com
Sipolt, E., 2000 (Dec 31) Hypselodoris bullocki - feeding and care.. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3320Dear Edward,
Thanks for the interesting information. When I began reading your message I found it difficult to believe they would eat breadcrumb sponges or sea anemones but Aplysilla glacialis makes much more sense. From memory I think A. glacialis is endemic to the west coast of North America, so can I assume you are adding this to your aquarium?
Interestingly, Aplysilla glacialis has been reported often as the food of a number of Nth America West Coast species of Cadlina,a genus closely related to Hypselodoris. Although nudibranchs are very specific feeders, there is always a possibility that a closely related sponge from some other part of the world will be acceptable to them. That is why I have suggested in the past that people look for local sponges related to Aplysilla, which is a genus of sponges often eaten by chromodorids, and test them on their captive chromodorids.
Good luck with your H. bullocki
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.
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