Life cycle of the montipora eating nudi

[diverrad]

I think I finally got rid of mine I did the lugos dip and moved them all to my nano cube I also placed a choris wrass in there and did not feed him, I've seen him cruse the monties and pick at them and it's been a week since I've seen one.

 

[poknsnok]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=3569616#post3569616 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by JB NY
Hey Doug, I'm thinking the nudis were on the new monti frags. I had them two years ago and only was able to get rid of them by chucking 90% of the colony, and checking and brushing off any on the frags. But after that, I've never had them again.

JB, hopefully you will see this. you mentioned fraging and chucking the colony. did you have any other montis in the tank?? did the nudis spread at all?? sounds as if they were contained to 1 cap colony

 

[JB NY]

Yeah I did have other monti's in the tank. None of the other were effected. But I think I caught them on the main monti colony before they were able to spread.

 

[poknsnok]

lucky you to not have them spread to other montis. did you have a lot of montis in your tank? hard to believe they didnt spread. I have unfortunately/ seen them on most of my caps but not so much on the encrusters

 

[Claeth]

I havent had any nudis ever since getting the six line wrasse. I think the combo of him and the royal gramma completely wiped them out.

 

[dilligaf_biker69]

do they look like this?

 

[gflat65]

Yup. Sorry...

 

[MiddletonMark]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=5073251#post5073251 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by HOC
It even seems they can live at least several months without any Montipora in the system.

I don't `know' anything for sure, but IME this is a suprising statement.

They are difficult to get rid of, but I've been a few months without seeing any/seeing any damage ... I'd be personally suprised if they're still alive months later.

IME, just dipping doesn't assure getting rid of them, but once I removed some of the rock with Montipora encrusted into it, removed all heavily affected colonies [and after a month + of weekly dipping/inspection/egg-removal] ... the remaining Montipora haven't shown any nudi damage since.
Leading me to wonder how they can survive months without a Montipora ... yet somehow didn't in my case.

 

[Thales]

Mine came back after months in remission - no signs of them at all. However, they haven't come back as bad as they originally were.

 

[poknsnok]

they are hard to get rid of. I got them from a cap colony which I have fragged the good pcs and tossed the rest which got rid of everything on that colony. but I have other encrusted caps I have seen small nudis on. I am going to remove ALL of them by cutting and chisling the rock and makeing sure there is no montipora flesh/coral left in the tank. I will then qt the removed pcs for 6 weeks and dip weekly/inspect. ill dip using Tropic Marin Pro Coral Cure because I have used it before and it seems to kill them. Im not sure it is totally effective because I had them return to a coral I dipped, which is the one I have since fragged, and the nudis were fairly large which tells me the dip may not have killed them all. in any case, Im going to keep everyone posted on my experience, especially the 6 week montiless period in my tank to see if the pests die off without a monti food source. i need to rid my tank of these pests

 

[reefknight]

Hi guys! Guess I am in the same boat. I have lost one green M.digi frag and am in the process of losing a purple colony as well. I posted a plead for help a few months ago when the first started to go and did not know that there was such a creature. The second colony started going down hill and I scraped a couple of these buggers off. Since then I have not seen any. I have noticed that the colony has started regenerating some tissue and polyps, but I don't know if there are any others in there. From the base up I have a lot of skeleton exposed. Will the tissue regenerate and cover that area or should I frag from the good portion up? Kind of lost right now and I did want to add another couple of colonies. Any thoughts are appreciated.

Bill

 

[poknsnok]

it is almost a certainty they are still in your tank. the best thing to do is remove all montipora from your tank to a seperate qt/treatment tank

 

[reefrubble]

You will have to teach Rufus to attack them. He has to earn his keep some how. Ted

 

[poknsnok]

Ill need special scuba gear for his ears to fit in!

Ill see you the 9th at Johns!