What are these green spiky things in my tank?

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Hello everyone

I need help...

I’m New to fish keeping and also to this website.
I have a 300l reef tank and recently I’ve been seeing
These tiny spiky things in my tank. I’m scared if they’re bad for the tank or if they’re eating my corals :(

It looks like a really cute snail, very tiny, green spikes , and it moves quite fast.
It’s so hard to take a picture of it I hope you can see it.
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Hello and welcome :)
Unfortunately i dont know much about marine, but there are a couple of people here who have or have kept marines that might be able to help :)
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Some kind of nudibranch. I don’t know the species.
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Well that have one thing going for them and that's a cracking name, apparently meaning "naked gills".
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I'm reading this article and thinking " nah I wouldn't want those"

Nudibranchs can be just as hazardous dead as alive. Always treat them with respect if you find one in your tank and never touch one without gloves and/or tongs. Even a dead slug can give a powerful sting.
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mikeyw64 wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2020 20:02 pm I'm reading this article and thinking " nah I wouldn't want those"

Nudibranchs can be just as hazardous dead as alive. Always treat them with respect if you find one in your tank and never touch one without gloves and/or tongs. Even a dead slug can give a powerful sting.
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https://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/ ... eat-taboo/
The article in question. Not all bad... mostly bad.
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Looks like a zoa/gsp eating nudi
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Ohhh and there was me panicking about finding bladder snail in my tank 🙈🙈 this is terrifying 😂😂
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Redpanda wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2020 21:35 pm Ohhh and there was me panicking about finding bladder snail in my tank 🙈🙈 this is terrifying 😂😂
Try looking up bobbit worms :D
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