Nudibranch Eating Wrasses
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Kalied20
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I have had very good luck with the seagrass wrasse. I had a large population boom in my 90 gallon a little while ago. I added a six line and the seagrass. The six line too picky. The seagrass would eat anything that was moving. He did eat most of my hermit, but I am done with those anyways. All they do is knock over corals and rocks. Snails don't come out except at night so they are still doing well.
Heeeeeeey, finally a good report on the SGW. As with everything else, there's just no gurantees on anything in this hobby, LOL. Glad he worked out for you Kalied20.
Mucho Reef
Mucho Reef
ReefDoctorMicromussas
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Hello... what a great post...
Long ago I had a Nudi problem back when I collected alot of Zoa... almost made me acquiesce... Then I found my SGW
at first I thought he was sick from the white spots?? But now 2 years later he looks exactally the same.. He is a Nudi hunter killer... I just place a rock into the tank for him and take it to the display the next day..
Here is a pic of him on the prowl
No Zoa collector should be without one... However I have heard that they must develope a tatse for the Nudis as some do not hunt as actively.
Great Thread MUCHO
Long ago I had a Nudi problem back when I collected alot of Zoa... almost made me acquiesce... Then I found my SGW
at first I thought he was sick from the white spots?? But now 2 years later he looks exactally the same.. He is a Nudi hunter killer... I just place a rock into the tank for him and take it to the display the next day..Here is a pic of him on the prowl
No Zoa collector should be without one... However I have heard that they must develope a tatse for the Nudis as some do not hunt as actively.
Great Thread MUCHO
mikedelgado
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I have had a green coris wrasse, and they take care of the problem...
mikedelgado
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what does sgw stand for??
It's amazing to see the change in coloration in the SGW. Well it really isn't a change, the SGW is mimicking the Wasp Fish. Detailed in the link below near the bottom.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=533167
I'm glad he did the trick for you. It's true, all will not eat, but mine sure did. Much continued success.
Mucho Reef
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=533167
I'm glad he did the trick for you. It's true, all will not eat, but mine sure did. Much continued success.
Mucho Reef
James Smith
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I have a 6 line wrasse in my tank, who is a good hunter, he will just not eat zoa nudis. I am thinking about getting a yellow wrasse for my tank as well and see if he does a better job on them. My 6 line is pretty mellow as far as 6 lines go, so hopefully he will leave a yellow wrasse alone, if not he will be headed to my nano. What is everyones thoughts on this?
LoudProudNPunk
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i had allllot of nudis, i added a pin striped wrasse and i havent seen a nudi since.
goldmaniac
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1) Great Thread Mucho!
2) interesting - back in 2004, This was labeled a '"Bali green leaf wrasse" when I purchased it at LFS, I couldn't verify this species. Finally, in May '04, a stranger provided the species name, Novaculichthys macrolepidotus. But here's the interesting part:
I found references to it being called a "Seagrass Wrasse". But other Reefer's pics have a SeaGrass Wrass as something totally different.
Otherwise, this guy demolished just about everything in the tank, I had a FOWLR at the time, but he ate EVERYTYHING, he'd be good for nudi's, but don't know if reef safe.
<img src="http://www.goldmaniac.com/Pictures/fishtank/GreenWrasse_biteCrop_500.jpg" border="0" alt="">
<img src="http://www.goldmaniac.com/Pictures/fishtank/GreenWrasse1_700.jpg" border="0" alt="">
2) interesting - back in 2004, This was labeled a '"Bali green leaf wrasse" when I purchased it at LFS, I couldn't verify this species. Finally, in May '04, a stranger provided the species name, Novaculichthys macrolepidotus. But here's the interesting part:
I found references to it being called a "Seagrass Wrasse". But other Reefer's pics have a SeaGrass Wrass as something totally different.
Otherwise, this guy demolished just about everything in the tank, I had a FOWLR at the time, but he ate EVERYTYHING, he'd be good for nudi's, but don't know if reef safe.
<img src="http://www.goldmaniac.com/Pictures/fishtank/GreenWrasse_biteCrop_500.jpg" border="0" alt="">
<img src="http://www.goldmaniac.com/Pictures/fishtank/GreenWrasse1_700.jpg" border="0" alt="">
Kalied20
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I have had mine in my reef tank for a while (about six months). I do keep him feed pretty good now that he has cleaned up the Nudi's. He will eat anything I put in there (Frozen anything, flakes, etc.) He does not pick at anything, but that doesn't mean that a different one wouldn't. I think I might have gotten really lucky with him.
He loves to sit in the Green Star Polys and watch me watching him.
He loves to sit in the Green Star Polys and watch me watching him.
goldmaniac
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What species are you talking about?
goldmaniac
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oh, that's pretty cool. I didn't realize you were talking about the species in my posted pics.
Yeah, pretty neat fish. Unfortunately, he jumped to his death, I had him for a while and he always did well. Bold fish, but I don't remember him picking on others.
Yeah, pretty neat fish. Unfortunately, he jumped to his death, I had him for a while and he always did well. Bold fish, but I don't remember him picking on others.
Skeptic_07
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Is the 'orange striped wrasse' referring to H. melanurus or Cirrhilabrus Earlei ?
EDIT: nevermind i just realized melanarus is called yellow striped, not orange.
EDIT: nevermind i just realized melanarus is called yellow striped, not orange.
YoungReefer06
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So are Halichoeres melanurus good for eating Nudi's, how about flatworms?
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