sttaylor
Premium Member
I will take four.
dugg is correct that they wipe out aiptasia pretty quickly and will starve to death once the tank is "clean". At that point you can always trade them to other club members if you can catch them, they stay pretty well hidden most of the time.
For anyone wanting to order "just one". I would recommend getting two. The berghia are hermaphrodites and will almost certainly lay dozens of egg rings in your tank if you have a pair. When I have purchased berghia in the past they were shipped fairly young (prior to sexual maturity), but reach maturity within a few weeks.
Disclaimer - berghia hatchlings go through a free swimming stage long before they are visible to the naked eye and the more efficient your filtration system is the less likely it is that they will survive.
A gang of berghia nudibranchs feasting on the sump of a quarter size aiptasia.
Scott
dugg is correct that they wipe out aiptasia pretty quickly and will starve to death once the tank is "clean". At that point you can always trade them to other club members if you can catch them, they stay pretty well hidden most of the time.
For anyone wanting to order "just one". I would recommend getting two. The berghia are hermaphrodites and will almost certainly lay dozens of egg rings in your tank if you have a pair. When I have purchased berghia in the past they were shipped fairly young (prior to sexual maturity), but reach maturity within a few weeks.
Disclaimer - berghia hatchlings go through a free swimming stage long before they are visible to the naked eye and the more efficient your filtration system is the less likely it is that they will survive.
A gang of berghia nudibranchs feasting on the sump of a quarter size aiptasia.
Scott
