Montipora eating nudibranch ID, treatment, and prevention

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Does appear to be Monti eating species. Berghia is below and not even close.

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Coral RX often effective with knocking them down
Thanks, yea turned out to be monti eating nudi! Strangely only the one! I removed it and haven't saw another since. Thankfully my berghia appeared shortly after and exploded in numbers to take care of my aiptasia
 

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Thanks, yea turned out to be monti eating nudi! Strangely only the one! I removed it and haven't saw another since. Thankfully my berghia appeared shortly after and exploded in numbers to take care of my aiptasia
For the next two weeks, search daily under coral and rock for sign of eggs which are super tiny and generally in a small cluster
 

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