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Good morning,
So unfortunately I bought a non-montipora frag from a LFS that must have had eggs on it. I dip all my frags on arrival and scrub with a tooth brush but one must have slip through. I was really confused at first because I have not added any new montipora to my tank in months, then all of a sudden I have nudibranchs. I visited my LFS the other day and the few montipora frags they had were being eating away. So its clear some must have hitch hiked on a frag I bought. I bought a duncan coral from there a few weeks previously, however I didn't notice any signs of problems on any of their coral at the time.
So my montipora is now slowly being eaten. I've gone the route of pulling out all my monitpora and dipped them ever few days, scrubbing and scrubbing. One, which happen to be my first coral ever, is heavily incrusted on a rock. I have taken a chisel to it, but it's still fairly large and there are just a ton of small openings that i'll never be able to scrub out. I thought I had them gone, but its clear they are back. My Leopard wrasse doesn't seem interested in the montipora so it does not help check their numbers.
I'm at the point where im just about to toss all my motipora. My question is, without any montipora in the tank, will they nudibranchs die off? I really do love montipora and i'd like to add some more eventually. If I go this route is there a specific time frame to wait out before its safe to add more? Should I just keep dipping and hope for the best?
Thank you!
So unfortunately I bought a non-montipora frag from a LFS that must have had eggs on it. I dip all my frags on arrival and scrub with a tooth brush but one must have slip through. I was really confused at first because I have not added any new montipora to my tank in months, then all of a sudden I have nudibranchs. I visited my LFS the other day and the few montipora frags they had were being eating away. So its clear some must have hitch hiked on a frag I bought. I bought a duncan coral from there a few weeks previously, however I didn't notice any signs of problems on any of their coral at the time.
So my montipora is now slowly being eaten. I've gone the route of pulling out all my monitpora and dipped them ever few days, scrubbing and scrubbing. One, which happen to be my first coral ever, is heavily incrusted on a rock. I have taken a chisel to it, but it's still fairly large and there are just a ton of small openings that i'll never be able to scrub out. I thought I had them gone, but its clear they are back. My Leopard wrasse doesn't seem interested in the montipora so it does not help check their numbers.
I'm at the point where im just about to toss all my motipora. My question is, without any montipora in the tank, will they nudibranchs die off? I really do love montipora and i'd like to add some more eventually. If I go this route is there a specific time frame to wait out before its safe to add more? Should I just keep dipping and hope for the best?
Thank you!