Slug & Egg Hitchhiker Survived Coral Rx Dip - ID Please!!!

[drstratton]

I found these on a Clove Polyp that I just bought. I dipped the polyp in Coral Rx before placing it in my QT, but these survived. I've probably pulled 6 out of the Clove frag and I found one crawling up onto one of my Paly frags this morning. I found the egg clusters attached to the clove polyps, at least that is what they look like to me. I've also removed at least 10 of these and there could be more. I will be checking again today. I've looked on Chuck's and Melev's and I haven't found these. Any ideas? Thanks!

 

[pagojoe]

That is one of the species that feeds on Clove Polyps. It's an arminid nudibranch.

Cheers,


Don

 

[drstratton]

That is one of the species that feeds on Clove Polyps. It's an arminid nudibranch.

Cheers,


Don

Thank you! I'm glad I've been removing them. Any idea why the Coral Rx didn't kill them?

 

[drstratton]

Would a fresh water dip help to knock off any that are left? I imagine that there are probably babies in there as well as all of the eggs I found. If I do a FW dip, should I match temp and how long do I dip the coral? Or should I do another dip with Coral Rx? Thanks!

 

[lizzbrownn]

Do a fw dip. If possible, try top match pH, or come close to it. Temp will be hard to match/regulate

 

[drstratton]

Do a fw dip. If possible, try top match pH, or come close to it. Temp will be hard to match/regulate

Thank you! I've never done a FW dip, how long do I do this for?

 

[lizzbrownn]

I usually do anywhere from 5-10 min when I am dipping zoos. Start off with 5 min. Shake/swirl the frags or whatever the polyps are attached to around in the container really well. They are going to be pretty upset for awhile after you put them back in the tank, but no worries.

 

[drstratton]

I usually do anywhere from 5-10 min when I am dipping zoos. Start off with 5 min. Shake/swirl the frags or whatever the polyps are attached to around in the container really well. They are going to be pretty upset for awhile after you put them back in the tank, but no worries.

Thank you! Hopefully this will get rid of what's left. I don't want them to migrate to the other coral in my QT!

 

[lizzbrownn]

You're welcome! Let me know how it goes!

 

[drstratton]

I just finished the dip and as expected it didn't like it very well! I had to use a turkey baster to blow the stuff off of it as swirling it wasn't doing much good. It was amazing how much junk was in the bottom of the container when I was finished. I found a couple of more egg sacs that I removed, I hope that I've gotten all of them, but I'm not sure. The polyps are pretty tight in some areas. I will probably have to dip again. How long should I wait before I do? The eggs that I might have missed will need to hatch out, but I've no idea how long that would take. For now, I will watch it and see how it does, it already looks better just because it is so much cleaner.

Thank you for your help!!!