Shrimp, Snails, and Crabs
Lettuce Slug
Elysia crispata
Photo: LASZLO ILYES from Cleveland, Ohio, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature24–27 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Adult size5 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterMarine
- Reef safeYes
Full profile
- Family
- Plakobranchidae
- Origin
- Caribbean
- Size
- 5 cm
- Temperature
- 24 – 27°C
- pH
- 8.1 – 8.4
- Salinity
- 1.023 – 1.025
- Difficulty
- ★★★☆☆
- Water type
- marine
- Behavior
- peaceful
- Diet
- herbivore (algae such as Bryopsis)
- Reproduction
- hermaphrodite
- Reef Safe
- ✅ Yes
Notes: Its wavy, lettuce-like body stores the chloroplasts from the algae it eats. It helps control Bryopsis algae.
