Help I got zoa eating nuds

[Robink]

How do you recognize the nudi?

I'm a little ocd and observe my tank minimum for an hour a day. One of my monti's was not having polyp extension for a few days. Use the cell phone to zoom in (like a microscope)and saw a couple on the edge of the monti. They look like beghia nudibranchs only much smaller. Very hard to see. Almost went blind trying to track them all down. Luckily, so far they seem to have stayed in one small area of the tank. I've been dipping the 4 monti frags that i have in that area now 3 times a week in Bayer.
Seems to be working monti's have full polyp extension again and the damaged area is receding.
Ill see if i can find a pic of the nudi.
You can also Google them, montipora eating nudibranchs.

 

[MikeyAl]

I'm a little ocd and observe my tank minimum for an hour a day. One of my monti's was not having polyp extension for a few days. Use the cell phone to zoom in (like a microscope)and saw a couple on the edge of the monti. They look like beghia nudibranchs only much smaller. Very hard to see. Almost went blind trying to track them all down. Luckily, so far they seem to have stayed in one small area of the tank. I've been dipping the 4 monti frags that i have in that area now 3 times a week in Bayer.
Seems to be working monti's have full polyp extension again and the damaged area is receding.
Ill see if i can find a pic of the nudi.
You can also Google them, montipora eating nudibranchs.

Thanks. I think I may have zoa eating nudis. I am process of dipping.

 

[KJ]

Zoa eating nudis!

 

[Robink]

Thanks. I think I may have zoa eating nudis. I am process of dipping.

I tried the flat worm exit. Didn't work on them and i think i damaged my bristleworms. [emoji15]
But the Bayer seems to be doing the job.
Good luck!! It's a pain in the butt. But better to get them out.
And I do believe a six line would help in eliminating them too.
I would have one now but my dottyback won't let me put one in. [emoji34]

 

[Bunnee911]

I do my third weekly fwe treatment tomorrow. After the second one, I found dead nudis.

 

[MikeyAl]

I do my third weekly fwe treatment tomorrow. After the second one, I found dead nudis.

FWE? Flat worm exit?

 

[Bunnee911]

Yes This

 

[Bunnee911]

Ok, found nudis again today. FWE doesn't work when used for 3 consecutive weeks dosing once a week and following with carbon 12 hours later. Next trick?

 

[Bunnee911]

What is their life cycle?

 

[nwayne567]

What I find out works pretty good is get a turkey paster you use to spot feed corals, and just suck them up! Works a lot better then tweezers and if you have a long turkey paster you won't even need to stick your hands in the tank, but if they get really bad, you gotta dip your zoas, then dip em agian after the eggs hatch... But nudis don't just hangout on corals... They do move across live rock ect to other colonies

 

[Bunnee911]

I am setting up a hospital tank for my zoas. Question, are gsp and ysp zoas?

 

[Bunnee911]

Ok got most zoas dipped in Bayer and moved to a 10g. Maybe gluing them to the back wasn't a good idea.

 

[Bunnee911]

Ok I have about 12 polyps left in the tank. Do I need to get them out too?