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[estoniangirl]

i got two of these, not sure where they came from.... but they are about 5mm long, have little fuzzy like coat, glow in the night light and have these little horns :evil: on them, look like snails without shells, cute little things.
are they ok for the corals or should i pick them out and discard them.
please help.
thanks

sorry for the bad pictures but that's the best my camera can do

 

[braddo]

I can't really tell by looking at your pictures but the description of "Snail without a shell" sounds like its a Stomatella.

 

[roscoe]

could it be some sort of nudibranch?

 

[braddo]

are their backs smooth like a fingernail or rough and spikey\hairy looking?

 

[ajnweb]

Looks like they could be zoa eating nudi's?

do they look like this?
http://www.reeffrontiers.com/photos_corals/showphoto.php?photo=804

 

[tat2z_21]

I second on the genetically designed bringers of doom I mean Zoa eating NUDI. Part that gives it away is the glowing in the night light.

 

[roscoe]

That is what I suspect either MEN or ZEN. Did you get any zoas and montis lately?

 

[estoniangirl]

googled nudis and this would be the closest look a like... yes bought zoas at the aquarium paradice and that's when i thought i saw one, but havent seen it since till today...actually two of them one is still somewhere in the tank the other one is in this little measuring cup

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jalbersmead/2473819101/in/photostream/

 

[estoniangirl]

backs are spiky

 

[estoniangirl]

actually mine is more orangy

 

[estoniangirl]

found another picture that looks like it


http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=67280

 

[luisse25]

its a nudi..if it came from a new zoa rock..most likely its a nudi...find the other one..do flashlight everynight...u can never trust anything

 

[roscoe]

googled nudis and this would be the closest look a like... yes bought zoas at the aquarium paradice and that's when i thought i saw one, but havent seen it since till today...actually two of them one is still somewhere in the tank the other one is in this little measuring cup

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jalbersmead/2473819101/in/photostream/

AHHHHH gotcha. I am willing to bet those are ZEN (Zoa eating Nudi). AP is very limited when it comes to coral knowledge let alone coral pest. I am very carefull if I was to buy any corals from them.

 

[tat2z_21]

Hmmm just to let you know that if you have two of them, especially that size, I bet you have a few egg sacs on the zoa's. Look for spiraly white egg sacks on the zoo's. To be honest I would take the zoa's out and put them into some sort of quarantine. Because those nudi's will cause pure unadulturate chaos. If there are two there are probably more. Maybe a freshwater dip.

 

[estoniangirl]

i got them both out now, down the toilet they went.....will look out for more but i think that that's all i've seen in the tank so far...
thank you all for your input, helps a lot

 

[luisse25]

hey inna i catch the peppermint now..u wanna stop by?

 

[estoniangirl]

YEAH I'll be there in like 25 minutes or so...thanks!!!!!!

 

[ajnweb]

If the problem continues to exist then you will need to do a flatworn exit treatment, one now, and another in a week, then maybe one more a week after that. I have used flatworm exit, as has my neighbor, with great success at treating nudis. You have to do multiple treatments to kill the new nudis after they hatch, which I believe is about a week after eggs are layed. I would recommend a 3-4 times larger treatment than what the box says to do. I hope you got them all!

 

[estoniangirl]

what's a flatworm exit? never heard of it?!
and thank you all for your help.
i think i only had two of them in there, and they are now swimming towards the ocean, or where ever the crap goes

 

[ajnweb]

Flatworm Exit is a product you can get at the LFS to get rid of flatworms, however it also works on nudi's!