I was wrong about the cute little Montipora eating Nudibranchs!

[iamwhatiam52]

My live and let live attitude toward hitchhikers has burned me once again.

The Montipora eating Nudibranchs mentioned in my previous post http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=14489547 have started to really become a pita.
After about three years of peaceful coexistence, they have suddenly taken over one patch of Montipora cap to the point where they are doing significant damage. Pulling the corals out is not possible, so manual removal of the nudis and eggs has been stepped up. It is impossible to get them all because they are so tiny and live under the coral, especially in tight crevices.

Now I wish I had worked harder to get rid of them early on when the corals could have been removed.

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Live and learn. Good luck with your eradication.

 

[iamwhatiam52]

Several posts have mentioned Yellow Coris Wrasse (Halichoeres chrysus) and Banana Wrasse eat them. I'd like to give it a try, but Banana Wrasse get big (as big as a banana) and I am afraid the Yellow Coris Wrasse will be competition for my Mandarin since small wrasse pick at everything.

Anyone have Yellow Coris and can tell me what they think?

 

[650-IS350]

I have always employed YC's, great hard workers and they don't bother my inverts nor mess with other wrasses. I actually have a smaller red fairy that bosses him around.

 

[iamwhatiam52]

Thanks 650-IS350.
I'll be on the lookout for one.