wierd slugs in my zoos. HELP

Rippin · #1 05-01-2007, 05:40 AM

I second the fresh water dip...+ iodine. Zoas are tough and will survive the dip but do not keep them in there for more than 5 minutes. After the dip give the zoa rock a good shake in the same dip water and you'll see all of the nudibranches (and any other invert) that you killed.

Oh, and also check for Nudibranch eggs. The dip may not kill them and they may not come off with the shake, so you'll have to take them off manually.

calkrog · #2 05-01-2007, 02:49 PM

I will try the freshwater dip tonight. i dont know if iodine helps though, i had it in a saltwater/iodine dip for 15 minutes last night. no effect.

what do the eggs look like?

christyf5 · #3 05-01-2007, 03:10 PM

Someone on ReefSanctuary suggested this:

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I'll just add, if you find more than a few, you may want to treat the tank with Sailfert's Flatworm Exit. This seems to nuke 'em real good.

My problem was so bad I had to remove all the zo's, do a freshwater dip, then a dip in a mix of Lugol's Iodine and Flatworm exit (2 drops/gal of flatworm exit). This did the trick, a couple more popped up after that, I treated the tank with flatworm exit and bye bye nudis.

http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/....html#post6742

Rippin · #4 05-01-2007, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by calkrog

I will try the freshwater dip tonight. i dont know if iodine helps though, i had it in a saltwater/iodine dip for 15 minutes last night. no effect.

what do the eggs look like?

http://thereef.info/nudi%20eggs.jpg

calkrog · #5 05-01-2007, 04:44 PM

hmm. perhaps i should try the flatworm exit as i have at least 30-40 of these buggers. will the flatworm exit nuke the eggs as well? man this sucks. i saw one little nudi a couple of months ago, removed him, brought him to oceans and they said he was ok for my tank. so i put him back. he multiplied bigtime.

Phanman · #6 05-01-2007, 04:53 PM

flatworm exit is now discontinued in canada so good luck finding it. I got a box this weekend to stock up.

Der_Iron_Chef · #7 05-01-2007, 05:01 PM

I'm pretty certain that Elite Aquatics has some Flatworm Exit.

4ptbuck · #8 05-01-2007, 06:34 PM

How small are these 'slugs'. My zoos have nosedived, and I've lost or am losing the majority of my zoos. I've searched, but do not see anything...

CLINT · #9 05-01-2007, 11:38 PM

best way to get rid of these guys is to suck them off when you see them.or FW dip the rocks if you can.they are aeolid nudis and if you google them theres a lot of info.Clint

Dale · #10 05-02-2007, 04:17 AM

I've dealt with those nudibranchs several times also and have had success with repeated FW dips. In my case I am much more aggressive than previously suggested. I take the rock/colony and hold it under the tap for about a minute, letting the water jets shoot in between the polyps to blow everything out. Strong medicine to be sure but several repeats of this does eliminate the nudi's.