Ack! Nudibranchs!

addict

addict

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Well, the wife pointed out a spot on one of our corals that was a widening white spot this morning. Realizing it was tissue recession, I got an iodine dip together and dropped it in... I was blowing on the receding spot with an eyedropper when I noticed some polyps that were out and getting blown around... or so I thought.
When it started coming off, I kept blowing at it thinking it was dying tissue, when lo and behold... it was a nudibranch. Then I noticed a second one tucked further into the crack that the first one was in, and blew it out as well.
Well, I had found the source of the recession it appears, since they were camped out right in the center of the receding spot.
I haven't tried to identify them, but thought I'd post a pic for others to see.
Crazy little critters... at least it's not RTN. :D
 
addict

addict

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Here's the spot that I found them... they were hiding in the nook behind the little corallite sticking out... looked just like the coral tissue, polyps and all.
 
M

Montanareefer

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Wow Dave! Glad you found the source of the problem.. That's got to be a relief. Hopefully no more of them! Thanks for sharing!:)
 
addict

addict

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Howdy Johnny. :)

My wife found 6 more of them and an egg sac in a different spot while I was in school... :eek:

We'll have to keep an eye on this coral for the next few days to see if any more show up... hopefully we got them all.
 
reefrunner

reefrunner

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You need to keep an eye on that coral for the next several months, I can't tell you how may times I thought I got all the monti munching nudis out of my tank, just to see them reappear a few weeks later.
 
addict

addict

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More nudi's

Well, was giving the tank a hurricane treatment yesterday, and while a couple colonies of my zoa's were closed, I noticed that they also were infested with nudibranchs.
Here's a shot I took of them all in a shot glass... there's about 25 of them in there...

at least the zoa's were easy to treat... just sprayed the nudi's off with an eyedropper in a bowl of saltwater.
 
Boomer

Boomer

Reef Sanctuary's Mr. Wizard
Dave

It looks like you have beeen "nuked" :lol:

They aren't one of the more common nukes that plauge the tank like, Trtoniopsis sp but look like one of the Glaucidae/Facelinidae, such as Phyllodesmium sp, which are Aeolid nukes. But the pics aren't to hot to tell for sure and there are a number of others in the Aeolid group that look like this somewhat also. Go to the link Curt posted and scroll down towards the bottom and look for this AEOLIDINA :D
 
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Boomer

Boomer

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I think you may have it Teri, :D either that one or the one linked on that same page Aeolidiopsis ransoni. 2 booksa on nukes, over 400 pg and +1000 pics and not one Aleolidiopsis :verymad:
 
ReefLady

ReefLady

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Not sure I had the same nudi's, but salifert flatworm exit nuked mine real good. :guns:

Might try dipping the corals in a triple-dose of the flatworm exit.
 
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