alaskan84 Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 as topic states, i found a nudibranch on one of my zoanthid colonies yesterday. It was in my 125 gallon tank, which contains a mix of hard and soft corals. About 3 weeks ago I added what survived from a Mr.Coral shipment, after a thorough CoralRX Dip. Before that it was a couple months since the last coral addition, so im pretty sure i know where it came from. As soon as i saw the thing i broke loose the small crop of zoas he was on, and rushed them over to my shallow frag tank; its empty besides live rock and snails. I got a pic of him on the zoas, and then two more since hes been on the side of the tank. There is only one rock in the tank that has a few zoas on it, so im pretty sure if he does not find his way back to that rock within a couple days, hes gonna start starving. Is there something wrong with me for not immediately flushing him? I think he looks kinda cool and if i can just occasionally throw a zoa or two into this tank for him then its a win win. Ive been checking all remaining zoas in the 125 gallon very thoroughly as I know the likelihood is that there are many more. if I find more than 1 or two in the big tank, ill start looking into FWE to rid them. NUDI PICS And a pic of the shallow tank he's quarantined in now Link to comment
dormreefer Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 zoa eating nudi Agreed cool but annoying creatures Link to comment
YankeePete Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 My last and I mean last Mr.Coral order yielded two nudies on the frags I bought!!! Link to comment
FreakShow Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Get rid of it before you regret it. Not fun when you start seeing almost microscopic ones appear all over your tank. I once saw a sprig of cool macro algea on a small piece of LR I added. Wasn't sure what it was but it looked cool. For three years I fought that bryopsis outbreak and eventually broke down two tanks because of it. If only I had just taken that little piece of LR out when I first noticed it! Link to comment
Markushka Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 I've done the same with bryopsis, but i didn't end up breaking tanks down for that reason. but this little guy looks cool, there's no reason you should flush him, I think he's cool looking and as long as he isn't in your main tank he shouldn't be a problem. In fact, I'm feeling inspired to make my 3g pico a nudi tank, I've got plenty of weedy zoas and these buggers look really cool. Might have to put in a Mr.Coral order then.... Link to comment
OMGSIIK Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 off topic, but what brand and size is that rimless shallow tank? Link to comment
joy13 Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Any dip used will not kill the nudi eggs as they hatch out you will have to dip again. At a frag demonstration a nudi was found and then the eggs. The person said he had battled them for a few years and thought he had gotten them all. It was the same color as the zoas. Link to comment
JamieSheffield Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 I have a pest tank, and would happily pay for shipping and packaging to me at 12945 if you'd be willing to forgo flushing the beast... jsheffield@gmail.com Jamie Link to comment
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