What do you guys think about Berghia Nudibranchs

[toddmh]

From what I have been reading these Nudis only eat aiptasia..Anyone here have any opinions on these..

Also is their somewhere local to buy them..

Thanks..Todd

 

[ggdowski]

They are hard to find in Rochester. When I finally found one, it ended up in an intake within one day. I now use apitasia-x and buy it online in the larger size to save $$$.

 

[SkiFletch]

I have indeed tried them before. They do indeed eat aiptasia, but they have one major drawback, they do not function well in most mixed reef aquariums because they either get thrown around too much by fast moving powerheads, or get eaten by fish, hermits, scavengers, whatever. When I put 4 of them in a "sterile" tank with only LR that I use for QTing corals, they massacred the aiptasia on the rock overnight. Once I trasnferred them to my display tank, they got eaten and never seen again... So unless you're prepared to QT all your fish, shrimp, crabs, etc and drop your pumps to a lower flowrate for a while, they might not be the best thing.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

if you do a search on this topic there are some really good threads in the URS Forum here

 

[toddmh]

ok thanks guys

 

[magdelan]

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1593975&highlight=berghia+nudibranches