Photos of Phyllidia varicosa in aquarium

May 13, 2002
From: Jeff Lockwood


Bill,
Thanks for your reply - all I can say is that they shouldn't be selling these creatures if they don't know how to help them survive. I'm going to pay another visit to the store which sold me my Phyllidia varicosa and give them a little piece of my mind, the guy there told me he was a filter feeder, and I really didn't believe him so I checked on it. Well all I can say is thanks, I know you probably hear that a lot, but I sincerely mean it. I know that you must be really busy and that you really didn't even have time for me, but you made time when most people wouldn't have. So, all I can say is that you are going above and beyond your call of duty and people are noticing. If there were more peope like you in the world, everything would be going a lot smoother. I cannot believe that you got back to me within a day. My brother is a biology major, and he had a lot of experience with zoology and nobody ever e-mailed him back when he had questions like I asked you, so you are making a difference and there needs to be more people like you out there, wanting to help.

So here are the pictures I said I would take of the slug, and 1 of the egg rings (Now you cannot see the whole egg ring but know that they are almost 4 perfect circles, and I also made the mistake of touching the eggs and they are a hard sort of mucus)
well, thanks again...
Jeff Lockwood

lagginglockwood13@hotmail.com

Lockwood, J., 2002 (May 13) Photos of Phyllidia varicosa in aquarium. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/6687

Dear Jeff,
Thanks for the photos. The only thing your aquarium store person got right was the name of the slug. Looking at the egg ribbon photo I suspect the slug has laid a ribbon without proper eggs in it. Often when stressed they can lay an egg ribbon without eggs, or sometimes with no eggs but a long irregular string of yolky material. Hopefully, as more customers like you let the aquarium trade now they are not happy with the misinformation that is being dished out about nudibranchs, the trade will stop stocking them.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2002 (May 13). Comment on Photos of Phyllidia varicosa in aquarium by Jeff Lockwood. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/6687

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