lduncan Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 Found these today. They are actually really small in comparison to other nudibranch's i've seen. 2-3mm in length, which i why i've never rally noticed them. Going to try an nuke them and any eggs with a iodine dip. May even have to resort to a copper dip, if they come back. Layton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 where did you see them??? i noticed one of my montis if a it stressed (before the flatworms that is) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted June 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 They hang around at the edge of the tissue. They are really small, so you have to look carefullly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted June 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 or sometimes on the underside of monti caps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveA Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 So you could use them to keep those Montipora weeds under control then? Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted June 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 Not when the monti they are attacking is one of these: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 well it looks like ive got some cause all the montis are now loosing tissue but my acro's are more than happy, havent seen them yet but im sure they are there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted July 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 You MUST do something about them now, if you want to have any chance of keeping your monti's. Regular Iodine dips. I've even done two copper dips. The recession has stoped, but they have almost killed both my big green monti cap, as well as the danae. I doubt that i have killed them, i'm sure they'll be back. These things are nasty! Layton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 Frag and send to Wellington I'll send em back when you get it under control. Good luck Pie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifty Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 sorry to drag up an old thread, did you get rid of them and how so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puttputt Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 Next to impossible. I've had them for a while, manual removal is an option I'm trying but lost my Monti cap, green engrusting, and trying very hard to save my orange cap at present. the best option is to remove all montis (every last bit) and leave them out of your tank for 6 months at least. this way the little beasties die off, and there eggs hatch and die etc and you can start fresh. I should have done this myself but my little orange cup monti is so nice. I thought I had them beat but had to siphon another 6 or so off it last night after not finding any for almost a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puttputt Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 and I talked to layton when I got mine, he hasn't got rid of them...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostface Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 i have them on a monti about 6-7 months ago, they started eating it from the middle - i noticed a white patch in the centre of it, which kept getting bigger - they were all underneath it. i just removed the monti altogether [its still outside on the porch]. i have just added another one, hopefully there are none left in the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted April 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 Still got them. I just end up taking all my monti's out of the tank every month or so, and check them underneath and blast any eggs and nudi's with saltwater to get rid of them, and keep their numbers down. They always seem to come back. I've tried freshwater dips (which monti's REALLY don't like), light copper dips, iodine dips. The monthly removal seems to keep them from totally over running and killing the corals they are on however. Lucky most monti's grow so quickly. Layton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifty Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 bugga, noticed them for the first time yesterday, got 3 off last night. Will keep checking every night and see waht happens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puttputt Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 Where did you pick them up from drifty, in the same shop we met in last month??. I'm sure thats where mine came from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifty Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 I'm not sure where they came from :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 Layton you sure these things are 2-3 mm long? Not sure if I've got them, whatever I'm looking at is smaller than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifty Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 mine seem longer, 5-7mm maybe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 Thanks Drifty ( Where's Layton when I need him ! :lol: :lol: ) Whatever I've got can't be it then, nowhere near that big. Two of my montipora have developed some pale patches over the last few months & I've been worried about this, and sometimes have been able to see some little tiny white things in the area, too small to make out properly. Perhaps I'm paranoid & they're just a bit of detritus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 I had them kept picking them off then they just went I was thinking maybe my 6 line wrasse ate them. I broke up the Monti into clean bits and they are looking good now.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifty Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 must get myself another sixline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted April 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 ( Where's Layton when I need him ! :lol: :lol: ) Graduating, dining, and drinking The biggest ones I ever saw were 2 to 3mm long, the eggs are much smaller, so I guess they could range in size from that of the egg up to a least 3mm Layton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puttputt Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 yeah, they can range in size, the small ones are tiny and the grow to 4-5mm. The nudibranches are reasonably easy to recognise - look for the gills - fuzzy bits on their backs. My sixline is to fat eating pods and food to worry about these slugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifty Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 Hmmmm, I only see the big ones, but I have found them in the newly eaten part of the monti so guess it is them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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