Nudibranch that eats polyps

[jerradmills]

Has anyone every seen/heard of this? I've got what look like berghia on my button polyps. I'm not sure if the polyps are irritated or being eaten.

I could take a pickture but i dont have a zoom that would show any amount of detail other than a little blob.

Anyone?

 

[Tang Salad]

If it's on the zoas, then it is very likely eating them. You should take it off and consider dipping the colony. There's a thread/sticky in the Zoanthidforum about dipping.

Also, look carefully and be sure to remove all nudis and eggs from the colony.

 

[msman825]

is this it http://www.zoaid.com/index.php?module=Gallery2&g2_itemId=415

 

[650-IS350]

these guys?

http://www.zoaid.com/index.php?module=Gallery2&g2_itemId=628

 

[jerradmills]

Thanks guys!

That’s exactly what they look like. I feel bad destroying such a beautiful look creating. Under my atenics the orange coloring is brilliant looking, but my polyps are much more important.

 

[msman825]

a turkey baster will suck them right out, but were they are grown ones there eggs

 

[bkiba]

the coloring on it is so beautiful because it is eating and incorporating your zoas into its tissues.

 

[kappaknight]

I just experienced this myself after noticing my zoas were all closed up for a week. I have no idea where they came from but it really was annoying.

I managed to kill them all using Flatworm Exit. I have a 90g and used a lil over half the bottle which was around 1.6 - 1.8x the normal dosage.

Before dosing, I would make sure your tank doesn't have a flatworm problem though... that could totally do some real damage to your tank if you didn't look out for it beforehand.