AHH I found a nudibranch! Good or bad?

[Beckmola24]

I can't get a pic of this guy. It's SUPER small but definitely a nudibranch. It's canary yellow around the edge of the body and pinkish/orange in the center. It is spikey. Anyone know???

 

[Krish]

Nope! But aren't nudibranches bad??? Atleast that's what I've heard here before. I guess your guess is as good as mine...I'll follow along to see if I can learn something new. Did you isolate him just incase it is bad?

 

[Brenden]

Could it be a tochuina tetraquetra?
http://www.medslugs.de/photos4/Tochuina_tetraquetra_01.jpg

 

[Beckmola24]

No he had the typical slug body but had "spikes" protruding from his body. I caught him, but after dinner he had escaped. I wonder if my seahorses would've viewed him as a snack....

 

[mfinn]

Do you have any zoanthids or other soft corals?

 

[btuck]

Does it look like the little bugger in this thread???

http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16169&highlight=nudi+pics

If so I'd look at your zoa's...they might be slowly disappearing.

Finn has a nice method for getting rid of these little monsters. I know it involves iodine and FW, but I don't quite remember what it is.

 

[Sherman]

How 'bout this one? This was borrowed from ZoaID.com, and Weatherson was the photographer.

 

[Beckmola24]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh That's It!!!!!!!!!! I Do Have Zoos! Some Nice Ones! What Do I Do??????????

 

[mfinn]

Are any of your zoanthids not looking good right now?

 

[Beckmola24]

YES! I was wondering why now i know

 

[Beckmola24]

I found the little bugger that I had lost earlier. It's really small.... but I know that if there is one, chances are high that there are more.... What do i do??

 

[mfinn]

Here is what I've found to be the best solution.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=451720

Many people including Mucho have tripled the amount of Lugols he first recommended.

 

[mfinn]

There are most likely more and also eggs.
Do the dip from the above link and look for eggs.

 

[mfinn]

This is what the eggs will look like.

 

[Beckmola24]

Wow i just put 2 and 2 together... My mandarin has been UBER fat lately. I've been feeding my seahorses out of a feeding trough so she isn't getting much mysis. I just did a quick search and it seems some people say their mandarins eat these things. She's really fat and it didn't make sense to me. She much be munching on them...

 

[mfinn]

Sometimes, some different fish will go after them. I've never heard of a mandarin eating them ,but who knows?
I hope it is.
Many people have good luck with different types of wrasses.
I had a green coris wrasse that helped me once before.
If you have zoanthid colonies that are down now, you should consider the dip.
Sometimes by the time we notice things it may be too late.

 

[Krish]

Wow! That's insane!! I hope you get them all out Becky!

 

[Beckmola24]

Me too Krish! I only found one nudi. My mandarin is like out of the ordinary fat (looks like she swallowed a melon) so maybe she IS going after them. Maybe the seahorses too... I don't know. All of my tank inhabitants are fat right now. I will buy some lugols and dip tomorrow and dip my zoos. Fortunately each colony I have is on a 1 or 2" diameter frag rock.

 

[Beckmola24]

I took a turkey baster and sucked around the zoo colonies. More little buggers.. will buy the lugols tomorrow first thing in the morning.

 

[Beckmola24]

Finn, I've seen some eggs on my tank wall that i couldn't ID. It was a grouping about an inch long and solid in a perfect squiggle (does that make sense?) are these nudi eggs?

Also, how frequently shoudl I dip the zoos to get rid of any that I miss?