what the heck is this on my monti?

Charlie97L · 12-03-2006, 11:58 PM

i just got a monti this weekend, and i noticed this white stuff on it. it flows around in the current. this is an established monti, that i got from another reefer's tank, so i can't believe it's a parasite.

it's all around the edge, and up on the middle parts too.

is it like, new growth or something?

sasquatch · 12-04-2006, 12:16 AM

looks like white band disease?? maybe bleaching, sure somebodys got a remedy, good luck. Steve

Charlie97L · 12-04-2006, 12:17 AM

but it's like, retracts during the day... it's very wavy. the monti looks perfect under my daytime lights. this is a night shot.

STAR RIDGE · 12-04-2006, 12:20 AM

can't seem to open photo but it sounds to me like a preditory nudibranch. these are very small and tend to resemble tiny white tenticals. i would take it out of the display tank and put it in a container of tank water. thentake a turkey baster and vigorously blow them off and discard them. keep an eye on the monti as it is the only coral i have seen these on. let us know how it goes. joe.

Charlie97L · 12-04-2006, 12:21 AM

they're too big to be the nudi, i think. this pic is of a 4" colony. some of these are big.

Charlie97L · 12-04-2006, 10:08 AM

anyone? a lot of it seemed gone, or closed, this morning before i turned on the lights.

it looks like spiderwebs almost. definitely NOT nudis. not the standard ones anyway. they are way too big for that. plus, i don't see any damage at all on the colony.

EDIT: they've been positively IDed as vermetid snails. not harmful, but can irritate the monit. solution, wait for them to close, put a dab of epoxy over the hole for 2-3 days, remove epoxy. no more snail.

SueT · 12-04-2006, 07:17 PM

Charlie glad you got them id'ed.. The webs can get on corals and it does make for a mess trying to get them off. Thats a super nice monti. too..

Witfull · 12-04-2006, 10:03 PM

on the positive side,,,for a vermitid to thrive it has to be in great water. this is a sign of a healthy colony of coral. its something i absolutly look for on a clamshell. they are very common on healthy clams...so,,,despite the irritation, its a positive.

sasquatch · 12-04-2006, 10:07 PM

Snails, well much better than a disease, good ridance to bad rubbish. Steve

boozeman · 12-05-2006, 11:22 AM

those vermitid snails multiply quickly...get control of them fast!!

Charlie97L · 12-05-2006, 02:42 PM

i didn't see them out last night. i'm going to see again tonight. they may have given up.

12-04-2006, 12:16 AM	#2 (permalink)
sasquatch Brunt of all Jokes~ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: the very farthest west coast of canada Posts: 8,982 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: what the heck is this on my monti? looks like white band disease?? maybe bleaching, sure somebodys got a remedy, good luck. Steve

12-04-2006, 12:17 AM	#3 (permalink)
Charlie97L Reef Lobster Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: North Bethesda, MD Posts: 1,288 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: what the heck is this on my monti? but it's like, retracts during the day... it's very wavy. the monti looks perfect under my daytime lights. this is a night shot. __________________ 40 Breeder, 20H Frag Aquactinics T5s, CPR Fuge, Deltec AP600, AC Jr, WavySea

12-04-2006, 12:20 AM	#4 (permalink)
STAR RIDGE Tunicate Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: WHISPERING PINES, NC Posts: 20 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: what the heck is this on my monti? can't seem to open photo but it sounds to me like a preditory nudibranch. these are very small and tend to resemble tiny white tenticals. i would take it out of the display tank and put it in a container of tank water. thentake a turkey baster and vigorously blow them off and discard them. keep an eye on the monti as it is the only coral i have seen these on. let us know how it goes. joe.

12-04-2006, 12:21 AM	#5 (permalink)
Charlie97L Reef Lobster Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: North Bethesda, MD Posts: 1,288 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: what the heck is this on my monti? they're too big to be the nudi, i think. this pic is of a 4" colony. some of these are big. __________________ 40 Breeder, 20H Frag Aquactinics T5s, CPR Fuge, Deltec AP600, AC Jr, WavySea

12-04-2006, 10:08 AM	#6 (permalink)
Charlie97L Reef Lobster Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: North Bethesda, MD Posts: 1,288 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: what the heck is this on my monti? anyone? a lot of it seemed gone, or closed, this morning before i turned on the lights. it looks like spiderwebs almost. definitely NOT nudis. not the standard ones anyway. they are way too big for that. plus, i don't see any damage at all on the colony. EDIT: they've been positively IDed as vermetid snails. not harmful, but can irritate the monit. solution, wait for them to close, put a dab of epoxy over the hole for 2-3 days, remove epoxy. no more snail. __________________ 40 Breeder, 20H Frag Aquactinics T5s, CPR Fuge, Deltec AP600, AC Jr, WavySea Last edited by Charlie97L : 12-04-2006 at 12:05 PM.

12-04-2006, 07:17 PM	#7 (permalink)
SueT Neon dottyback Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 650 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: what the heck is this on my monti? Charlie glad you got them id'ed.. The webs can get on corals and it does make for a mess trying to get them off. Thats a super nice monti. too.. __________________ 120g sps/clam tank: http://berlinmethod.com/suet/ 2x250w 10k reeflux, actinic supplementation, mag12 return, 2 mjmods-1200, 2 mj1200 on wavemaker, kalk drip, ASM G3, 75+ spp. of acropora and montipora plating & encrusting sp. http://clamsdirect.com/phpbb2/

12-04-2006, 10:07 PM	#9 (permalink)
sasquatch Brunt of all Jokes~ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: the very farthest west coast of canada Posts: 8,982 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: what the heck is this on my monti? Snails, well much better than a disease, good ridance to bad rubbish. Steve

12-05-2006, 11:22 AM	#10 (permalink)
boozeman The CodFather ~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: new york Posts: 8,802 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: what the heck is this on my monti? those vermitid snails multiply quickly...get control of them fast!! __________________ ...and when I'm old and wise little things mean little to me like autumn winds they'll blow right through me and someday, in the mist of time when they ask you if you knew me remember that you were a friend of mine

12-05-2006, 02:42 PM	#11 (permalink)
Charlie97L Reef Lobster Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: North Bethesda, MD Posts: 1,288 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: what the heck is this on my monti? i didn't see them out last night. i'm going to see again tonight. they may have given up. __________________ 40 Breeder, 20H Frag Aquactinics T5s, CPR Fuge, Deltec AP600, AC Jr, WavySea

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