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poolkeeper1
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Nudibranch of some kind, Could be a problem depending on what kind it is. You can look them up and see which you have there.
Looks like it could be a zoa eatin' nudi. Check out here...
http://www.zoaid.com/index.php?module=Gallery2&g2_itemId=415
Steve
http://www.zoaid.com/index.php?module=Gallery2&g2_itemId=415
Steve
ameares8
www.mearesdesign.com
That is indeed a nudibranch. I had one of these show up in my tank 9 months after getting everything settled in. It dissapeared after 1 week and low and behold my tank more or less crashed in a day. I saved most of my inhabitants, but I wish I would have removed it earlier. I took a few pictures the day I noticed it and sent them to a friend that is rather experienced with them. He confirmed my thoughts and agreed that I should have just removed it before something bad happened. I hope this helps.
I'm not 100% sure on this. But I think I remember someone awhile back would shine a flashlight in their tank at night once the lights were off to find them.
Maybe they are nocturnal creatures? Again, I'm not sure about this but I think it was someone who had alot in their tank...
Or maybe check any zoas you have. I'm just throwin' ideas...
Steve
poolkeeper1
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Just Google Nudibranch to find a site that you can try to identify it. And i would try to get it out no matter what it is better safe than sorry!!!
Mikeyjer
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Zoo eating nudibranch!!!!!!!! STEVE, it was me using a flash light to catch them!!! lol.... IT is the only way to find them because they match their own color to whatever they are eating so predators can't find them. I would remove it ASAP cause it lays A LOT of eggs!!!! I've killed hundreds of those little suckers! I use a flash light to look for them at night then use a medicine dropper to suck'em off, don't use a tweezer cause they will break apart and get loose. Make sure all your power heads are off while your doing all of this. Or just remove all your zoas and dip them all!!! Best to do it now or you'll regret it later. It took me about 2 months to really eradicate them completely. I've fought those suckers twice in my hobby experience and I learn to dip all my stuffs when I get them.... 
Well, I have caught 6 and one of the colonies is covered in eggs.
Warning on this stuff. You guys are a lot more experienced than I am and I now know what to look for, but you can't kill the eggs with the dip I just read, so a visual inspection is necessary.
This infection had to have come from the stuff I got from fraggle reef. Lesson learned. I am going to dose the whole tank with flatworm exit to kill them off (when it gets here). I will have to do it twice to get the current eggs...
Warning on this stuff. You guys are a lot more experienced than I am and I now know what to look for, but you can't kill the eggs with the dip I just read, so a visual inspection is necessary.
This infection had to have come from the stuff I got from fraggle reef. Lesson learned. I am going to dose the whole tank with flatworm exit to kill them off (when it gets here). I will have to do it twice to get the current eggs...
DMBillies
Active member
Tulip Anemone... what people seem to be calling some of the prettier Majano sp.
In the experience of a few people in this club, it would be highly recommended to not have tulip anemones in your tank. They split quickly (especially in tanks with more of a bio-load and plenty of feeding) and they are next to impossible to eradicate. It's as shame, because they sure are neat looking. Could be a cool item for a FOWLR, just know that you'll need to dry your rock to get rid of them if you ever want the tank to be a reef again.
In my experience, peppermints don't eat them (I keep a peppermint in each tank to ensure that I don't ever have aiptasia problems) and Joe's Juice doesn't do them any good but also doesn't seem to kill them. They'll stay alive for a couple of days out of the water (long enough that you'll have to recycle your rock) and will generally grow back from any amount of tissue left behind (so plucking them is futile unless you literally chip off the rock).
Does that about cover it?
