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Originally Posted by canadianbudz604
thanks alot for ur help. I did give them a pretty good thrashing like slamming them down on the container i was dipping them in. im going to get some coralfx and flatworm exit and dip them once a week? for a while. I have been manually removing as many of them as i can. I actually have a decent collection of these things so i would like to get rid of this problem. I have a 30g long so what type of wrasse should i get that will hunt and murder these nudis. Any suggestions?
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yes every week, the flatworm exit i only do for new arrivals as its harder on the zoos then coral rx.
there is nothing on the market that kills the eggs %100 all the time, so weekly is necessary in order to get rid of them....they populate very fast as im sure you noticed.
in my new arrivals tank i keep a melanarus wrasse, a leopard wrasse and a green mandarin.
these three fish keep critters out of my tank but like anything else by themselves is useless.
your gonna have to pick these little buggers out daily and dip every week.
its also imprtant to note that while you may get the adults, the babies when born do no damage to zoas and that it may be up to 2 weeks before the new babies are of size to do any damage or even be seen by us, this is another reason why they are hard to erradicate.
since the babies are so tiny,they feed on the zoos untill they are larger and reproduce...its a vicious circle that guarantees if you find an adult then the reproduction cycle has begun and theres def babies at every stage of their growth......yup weekly dips are in your future lol
the first step is knowing you have them, now that you know it doesnt mean they will eat your colonie over night ,IME nudis are a bit slow to destroy polyps meaning that if you inspect your colonies everyday its a good chance they wont do any harm.
zoa eating nudis also take on the color of their meal its a defense thing in the wild so predators do not see them, to us its very helpful, because when you close the polyps with your fingers the colored nudis are left exposed to see.
eggs are important to remove, the grow in a spiral and are uber tiny, you need bright lights in most cases to find them.
zoa nudis ntend to go after red to oranges first, they love bright vibrant colors , its easier for them to hide in.
zoa eating nudis only eat zoas not palys . but they will hide in any rock they can , so liverock is place they hide alot.
now that you know what they do, its important to keep them out of your display, all new zoas should be qt and dipped every week for a month.
your display now has to remain zoa free for a month (minimum)
zoas compared to other corals are very dirty , they hide alot of critters and ditrius, their skirts and polyps make for great hiding places, so just about all zoa colonies from the wild will have some sort of pest or another.