uwdanno Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Found this guy in my tank. Looks like a nudi. Assuming a bad one. I removed him. First time finding a nudi in a tank. Should I freak and burn the tank down??? Link to comment
NorthGaHillbilly Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 When did you last add anything to the tank? Link to comment
uwdanno Posted October 17, 2014 Author Share Posted October 17, 2014 When did you last add anything to the tank? Just added an ORA Grube Gorg tonight. I gave it a good freshwater dip though. Would be surprised if he survived that. Before that I added a couple sps a few weeks back. I have had one Zoa colony that's been upset and closed for about a week Link to comment
NorthGaHillbilly Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Could be a zoa eating nudi, or a monti nudi if you added one recently... or it could be some completely unrelated nudi that wont harm anything. Link to comment
Han Solo Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Almost looks like a bergia (sp?) nudibranch. I found one in my tank after adding a new coral attached to some live rock, and it seemed to stick around for a while. They only eat aptasia and I had none. I can't find it for a week or so, I assume it died, but the rest of my tank is fine. There is a potential for a "chemical weapon" to poison the tank if they die. No problems here it seems. (fingers crossed) Link to comment
uwdanno Posted October 17, 2014 Author Share Posted October 17, 2014 Almost looks like a bergia (sp?) nudibranch. I found one in my tank after adding a new coral attached to some live rock, and it seemed to stick around for a while. They only eat aptasia and I had none. I can't find it for a week or so, I assume it died, but the rest of my tank is fine. There is a potential for a "chemical weapon" to poison the tank if they die. No problems here it seems. (fingers crossed) Good call on the Berghia. Just looked it up and that's a lot what this fella looked like. Bummer he is in the drain now. Won't find aptasia there. Thanks for the help! Link to comment
Han Solo Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 I hear they are brownish if they are feed, and turn pale white (almost bleached) when they do not have any food. Might want to kill it after that happens! Link to comment
MysterRC Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 I hear they are brownish if they are feed, and turn pale white (almost bleached) when they do not have any food. Might want to kill it after that happens! I’m not sure this is accurate. I picked up some berghia a little while ago that were roughly 1/4”. I have seen some that are about 1” now and they are white, even though they were chowing down on an aiptasia. The night after he finished off a good sized one, he was back and still really white in color. He is obviously eating, based on his size change and heaven knows they have enough forage in my tank right now... I could be wrong, but it does not seem to me the color is from whether they have eaten or not, but I could be wrong… so take my words with a grain of salt. Link to comment
TJ_Burton Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 That is a nudibranch I have seen come in on soft corals like leathers or colt corals. Definitely not Zoa or Monti eating, and certainly not Berghia. Removing it was wise. Montipora Eating: Zoa Eating: Berghia: Link to comment
uwdanno Posted October 17, 2014 Author Share Posted October 17, 2014 This guy was definitely all white. If it was in the sand bed there would be little chance I could find it Link to comment
TJ_Burton Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 There are more than a handful of white nudis that often come in with gorgonians and sea fans. Link to comment
uwdanno Posted October 17, 2014 Author Share Posted October 17, 2014 It look A LOT like the all white Nudi in that first pic. Link to comment
TJ_Burton Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Yeah, getting rid of it was a good move. Link to comment
uwdanno Posted October 18, 2014 Author Share Posted October 18, 2014 May have found eggs on the underside of one of the montis. Took it out, gave a freshwater dip and scraped the things with a blade Link to comment
uwdanno Posted October 26, 2014 Author Share Posted October 26, 2014 Flipped my monti over and found this.... a track of what looks like eaten flesh. Would this be from the nudi?? Link to comment
Sk8n Reefer Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Flipped my monti over and found this.... a track of what looks like eaten flesh. Would this be from the nudi??http://s1161.photobucket.com/user/clay1414/media/20141026_180622.jpg.html][/url] How's the Monti doing- have you found any predators? Link to comment
uwdanno Posted November 10, 2014 Author Share Posted November 10, 2014 How's the Monti doing- have you found any predators? It seems to be doing ok. No growth but also no death. I think I have all of the Nudi's out of the tank now. That had to be what was eating at the flesh. Such a PITA. All said and done I lost 2 corals to the Nudi's. A nice green monti cap with bright purple rim and a candy apple encrusting monti. Thankfully my reeftech starburt cap and sunsent monti look to be just fine. Link to comment
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