Ed Reef's Shallow Crest Inspired ART

[Ed Reef]

Hey adddo have started your build yet :crazy1::crazy1::crazy1:

I'm wondering the same thing here...!!

 

[Ed Reef]

Ed, the CoralRx didn't affect the nudibranches?

Did not unfortunately - the numbers comes back less but still there !! :hmm6:

 

[Ed Reef]

Hey

Yes i have freshwater in it now and piping is working as intended.. Hopefully ill have LR and salt in it during November.

Ill start a buildthread as i get further.

Keep us update please when you do !!

 

[Ed Reef]

The iodine dips (or just freshwater dips) will cause the nudibranchs to fall off the coral. You can also try Revive. Try to blow off the nudibranchs from the coral during the dip (be aggressive).

Unfortunately, the dips do not harm the eggs of the nudibranch. You can try scrubbing off the eggs with a toothbrush. Most likely, you will need to re-dip the coral several times over a few weeks to remove the problem. It's important to not let the population re-establish itself.

I had a montipora eating nudibranch episode a year back and was able to kill them off with repeated freshwater dips (tough on the coral) over several weeks. The infected coral did suffer but grows like a weed so I didn't mind giving up some coral tissue in the process. I keep my montis separated in the tank and luckily the nudibranchs did not spread out (or perhaps only like certain montiporas). Happily I have not lost any of my montiporas to these nudibranchs.

Thanks - you just gave me a ray light of hope :love1:

I will continue to do a dip every few days in order not to over stress the montie piece too much. I got a feeling that it's in the tank already and each time I dip, the corals seems fine for a day or two, and then it comes back but in less numbers... :rolleye1:

 

[Ed Reef]

Thems are some nice photos... I feel that I have had a sufficent hit for this weeks fts fix... thanks...

A few more just for you :lolspin:

 

[Ed Reef]

Some Corals Update

Some Corals Update

Nothing much to update so I share some corals pictures"¦

My nasty pests are gone so far so hopefully it keeps that way"¦.



:bounce1:

 

[Lightsluvr]

Love the zoas, Ed.

LL

 

[adddo]

That are some tasty Zoas. I also liked the first pic.. What is it? Rics? Looks great!

 

[bristones]

Beautiful tank!

Brian

 

[HomeSlizzice]

Beautiful!

 

[Ed Reef]

Love the zoas, Ed.

LL

Thanks LL

 

[Ed Reef]

That are some tasty Zoas. I also liked the first pic.. What is it? Rics? Looks great!

Thanks adddo - the first picture is my very fat Blastomussa Wellsi

 

[Ed Reef]

Beautiful tank!

Brian

Thanks Brian

 

[Ed Reef]

Beautiful!

Thanks :bounce3::bounce3::bounce3:

 

[Leonardo_]

Nice pictures Ed, always love the rich colors you get, even with Zeo

Leonardo

 

[FloformAustria]

WOW!

zoas looking great, ed!

hope i get some nice ones next saturday!

 

[Ed Reef]

Nice pictures Ed, always love the rich colors you get, even with Zeo

Leonardo

Thanks Leo - I hate those light paste colors and that's why I don't used Spur2 as this will lighten the corals colors by half.... :eek1:

 

[Ed Reef]

WOW!

zoas looking great, ed!

hope i get some nice ones next saturday!

Keep us posted Flo... :bounce3:

 

[Oldude]

Nice pictures Ed! Those Montipora eating nudie's can easily be nuked with some Tropic Marin Pro Coral Cure (iodine dip).

Leonardo

Interesting, when I had them I found this wouldn't kill them but mainly just helped make them more visible for manual removal. Glad it worked for you. Maybe I did something wrong? Although I did get rid of them.:hammer:

 

[Leonardo_]

Interesting, when I had them I found this wouldn't kill them but mainly just helped make them more visible for manual removal. Glad it worked for you. Maybe I did something wrong? Although I did get rid of them.:hammer:

Hmm, you got me thinking... I dipped them and blew them off with a powerhead. I supposed they were easily blown off by the Iodine (stung/dead), but it could be that the Iodine had no additional effect at all :hmm5:

Leonardo