wierd slugs in my zoos. HELP

calkrog · #1 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 · #2 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 · #3 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 · #4 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 · #5 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 · #6 05-01-2007, 05:01 PM

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

4ptbuck · #7 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...

andsoitgoes · #8 05-01-2007, 07:32 PM

I bought a zoo rock from hidden reef a month ago, and within a few days from going in the tank, the zoos snapped shut. Couldn't figure out why until, about 3 days later, I saw what looked like a nudibranch climbing across the front glass.

Took the little sob out, lo and behold the next day my zoos were out saying hi.

I got lucky, dip that sob asap before you're sol!

Ok???

Rippin · #9 05-01-2007, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by 4ptbuck

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...

Well, it might not be a Nudibranch problem, but if it is, they are around 1-2mm in length.

andsoitgoes · #10 05-01-2007, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by 4ptbuck

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...

Remember these guys eat zoos, and when they eat them they take the colour, causing them to deftly blend into the surrounding area.

So they may be there, but also may have consumed the coloration from your zoos they've killed, etc.

Viscious circle, those lil buggers!!