anyone have Berghia's?

[Jacsubi]

I've got about 4 rocks with aiptasia colonies, and was wondering if anyone had Berghia Nudibranch's in the local area. I'm looking for about 3-5 to start a colony and get rid of this evil pest.

 

[eengmd]

I do not have berghia's but I was at UA today and Sam put an aiptasia in a tank and three peppermint shrimp immediately went to town on it. They are definitely the species that eat aiptasia and it was a quarter sized aiptasia. It was cool to watch. I got one hoping it will get rid of my remaining four glass aiptasia about a pencil eraser size.

 

[pprmntshrmps]

I've seen him do that before. Its fun to watch.

 

[mikimis]

The Berghia are cool, but it's not a good idea to get a couple to rid some pesky aiptasia. They'll not have anything to eat after the aiptasia is gone, and then you'll have a slowly starving nudibranch on your hands. Not to mention I think some nudies can crash a tank when they die, I'm not sure if it's the Berghia, but I've heard it before.

A peppermint shrimp is IMHO the best solution to the problem. They prefer the smaller ones, so they don't let them get big enough to release plague proportions of their planulae. To get rid of the others just mix up some decently thick Kalk and spread it over the oral disc out to the tentacles.

 

[Jacsubi]

yeah, I'll go with the peppermint. always wanted shrimp in my tank anyway.