Nudi eggs?
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islandcreation
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Hmmm... For me I do both a quick fresh water dip and a iodine deep for atleast 2-3 minutes with a good swish from side to side. For the egg colonies their a pain in the a$$! I found the easiest way was to lightly inject them (barely) with kalkwasser just like what you would do for aiptasia's. I even do that with nudis I find! I hate them with the passion and love it when the melt with kalk on them ha,ha,ha
hmm wonder if we have nudi's cause just recently for no reason at all the zoo colony went from about 25-30 polyps down to 17 in one week. in the process of trying to get friend to get a closer look at the colony for any predators. i mean only way a zoo colony can really disappear like this is, something eating them correct? rest of tank looks good tho.
luisgo
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Check these two articles about killing nudibranch eggs, They are excellent. They are ussing potasium permanganate to do the job.
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2007-09/eb/index.php
http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic73612-9-1.aspx
Good lock!!
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2007-09/eb/index.php
http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic73612-9-1.aspx
Good lock!!
wentreefgirl
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Nudibranchs say ding ding ding, its dinnertime. Munch munch. And dont stop till the house is clear of zoo's.
jeremyj0247
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how big do the nudibranch get. If they are what I think they are, my lfs had a nudi in their reef tank along with a lot of zoa's. smart huh.
wentreefgirl
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You guys need to start experimenting with the potassium permagenate. Like they are on the sps board.
ryddo
Member
Are these the same nudi's that are found on sps? The reason i ask is that I have both zoos, palys and sps in my tank and I just noticed these guys in my tank this morning. The only place that i have seen them is in the section of my tank that has the zoos and palys but none on the sps. I have also found some eggs on the zoos and palys. Will they lay their eggs any where else but the actual coral?
wentreefgirl
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Yours look different then ours. Yours are green. OUrs are off white and look like a mop head. Old yarn mop head that is. But im sure they die the same way. :lol:
rlabriola
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c.rob...i have had the same problem, it is because these nudi's are hard to see..they blend very well with the rock and zoa's. best time to see them is 15 min. after the light go out...turn the lights back on when all of the zoa's are closed and you will see the nudi's then snacking n your polyps.
TheFishGuyLLC
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You can pick up potasium permanganate at places that cary Jungle products. It's labled for fresh water as "Clear Water". I have a friend that had been having nudi problems for a while. He started using a diluted dip of "Clear water" on his colonies and has mostly exterminated them all. I have seen 2oz bottles of this stuff at Walmart and 4 and 8 oz bottles at petco/petsmart. It's also good for a quick ORP increase. 5ml will raise the orp about 50mv in a 225gal reef in my experiance. So far in the 15 years that I've been using this stuff I have never seen lasting ill effects in any aquatic environment. Xenia shrivel up abit but come back after an hour or so.
