zoanthid eating nudibranch

[mfinn]

I got home from work today and while I was checking my email, I looked at my zoanthid tank and noticed a couple colonies that were closed up. So I grabbed a magnifing glass and found the reason.

Notice the egg mass.

 

[ashton]

ouch... sorry to hear that.

 

[edwing206]

I'd just get a melanarus wrasse.
Any new additions that you didn't dip?

 

[mfinn]

I'd just get a melanarus wrasse.
Any new additions that you didn't dip?

I have a melanarus wrasse in my 240 ( where the infected colonies are now, after the dip).
And yes, these pieces were just brought in without a dip.

 

[ashton]

I'd just get a melanarus wrasse.
Any new additions that you didn't dip?

Or if you want to treat the tank you can treat with flatworm exit but it wont kill the eggs so you will have to repeat again 2 or 3 times to be effective and get any newly hatched nudis.

 

[mfinn]

Or if you want to treat the tank you can treat with flatworm exit but it wont kill the eggs so you will have to repeat again 2 or 3 times to be effective and get any newly hatched nudis.

FWE doesn't really kill them by itself. It's usually added to a freshwater dip along with lugols iodine.

I've been reading on RC about using ReVive to help kill the eggs.

 

[moto826]

That sucks

 

[ajnweb]

Myself and my neighbors both did a 3-4 times dosage of FE with great success....but yes, you need to retreat to kill the unhatched eggs....good luck!

 

[mfinn]

dead nudi's

 

[Myteemouse]

Todd (cherry corals ) said CoralRX is good stuff..
red bugs monti eating monti's
zoo eating nudi's
flatworms.
And all other inverts
Dip only not a full tank treatment unless you want all crabs and shrimp to die!
And clams.

 

[edwing206]

Hopefully the melenarus does its job. Here's a funny video about CoralRx.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoX1-dFppYQ
Hope you don't mind Marty.

 

[mfinn]

That's pretty darn funny.

Actually it should be a sticky.


I should know this already.
If you can't quarantine your corals, you should atleast do somesort of a dip.

 

[saltwaterfishes]

Those are nasty buggers
Couldn't just sit back and enjoy your tank, got to dip your hands in there for something.
I've been using ReVive, can't tell if it works.
That's a funny video, now I have to go buy CoralRx.

 

[calimorphreefer]

Check out this link it is good article on how to get rid of these pest's; hopefully it helps.

http://www.practicalcoralfarming.com/zoonudis.html

 

[Myteemouse]

Funny video.. smoking flatworms LOL

 

[trido]

That's pretty darn funny.

Actually it should be a sticky.


I should know this already.
If you can't quarantine your corals, you should atleast do somesort of a dip.

That video should be a sticky on every web site.

 

[mfinn]

Myself and my neighbors both did a 3-4 times dosage of FE with great success....but yes, you need to retreat to kill the unhatched eggs....good luck!

I may give this a try tomorrow when I can find some FWE.
I thought I had all the affected colonies removed from the tank last night, but when I came home tonight, I found two more colonies with adult nudi's on them.

Going to be looking for a wrasse in the Halichores family.
Maybe a green coris if I can find one.




On a side note, I tried using ReVive on one of the colonies and the nudi didn't seem to be bothered after 10 minutes in the ReVive bath.
I'm going on RC and calling bs on the thread

 

[trido]

I may give this a try tomorrow when I can find some FWE.
I thought I had all the affected colonies removed from the tank last night, but when I came home tonight, I found two more colonies with adult nudi's on them.

Going to be looking for a wrasse in the Halichores family.
Maybe a green coris if I can find one.




On a side note, I tried using ReVive on one of the colonies and the nudi didn't seem to be bothered after 10 minutes in the ReVive bath.
I'm going on RC and calling bs on the thread

Id give melafix a shot Marty. Killed AEFW's for me.

 

[Myteemouse]

malafix kills near everything!! LOL
Including corals if left in to long! (from experience)

 

[moto826]

hope you get it figured out soon i have been lucky