parasite nudis!!

[bum]

now i know why some of my corals keep receding although

i keep my parems good and nutrients level low!

saw some of these nudis on the tank wall,

then took a closer look,

saw some on the corals...

they look like mini hedgehogs, with liminous green 'spines'

all i can do cos no dig cam

did a search,

think they might be a species of nudis from the family Zephyrinidae

spent the better of last night picking them off with pincers

(def not a good way to spent friday nights)

found 7, hope thats all but......

what should i do?

any natural predators?

[DeepBlue]

very difficult...I kept havig these problem a while back...you can see and pick them off...but the eggs are too small

They will come back...

in the end, I had to frag my monti and do a freshwater dip

[bum]

oh man...

dun have montis, was waiting for a nice specimen

but got some acros and stags...

must have come in on the newer colony.

[ckevin]

Hi,

I suggest introducing a wrasse to control the nudi probelm. Worked for me .

[AlfaRomeo]

ckevin , wat kinda wrasse did you intruduced?

[sunny03]

ya wat kind of wasses eat nudi i been battle with the nudi for mths in my xoos tank

[typrobin]

anybody know?? wat kind of wrasse??

[DeepBlue]

many pple has recommended six-line wrasse...but linkinPark (i think) will tell you its 50/50 or even lesser.....

he had to frag his montis in the end as well.....

I wouldnt add any wrasse..they can potentially become problematic...a small established six-line can harress any new fishes to death quite easily

[typrobin]

deepblue....so how did u exterminate your nudis??? i still owe u the 2011....paiseh.....tomolo u at home?? i'll go check out your wonderful tank....

[ReDDeviLs]

i think AT had this problem long ago,and he got some kind of slug from henry to eat them up,not too sure about it,but i remember about the video he posting it up watching the slug eating the pest!

[typrobin]

no lah tat one is flatworm

http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/index.php?...c=13592&hl=nudi

[bum]

they only seem to come out at night,

thats when i spot them on the glass walls.

[sherman]

Anyone has a pic to share.

Regards

[DeepBlue]

Check this out...fr LinkinPark

http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=10910

[ckevin]

Hi,

the wrasse that worked for me was a six line. It is a very fast worker. Stopped the nudi from feeding the base of my pink digitata within half a day. After that, no more receding. But as many have said, this wrasse is aggressive and it may be advisable to trap it after the problem is solved.

[sherman]

Thank You Bro DeepoBlue for the link

Regards

[bum]

heres the best pic i can take with the

palm cam.

anyone wanna adopt?

placed the cup containing the nudis on the bracing

under the MH...

no aeration, super bright light....3 days and they're still

alive

ever wonder why the stuff we wanna keep....

expensive stuff like

sps, clams, all easily RTN or die,

surgeonfish....become 'white spot tang',

but things you dun like...

hair algae, flatwoms, crabs, mantis shrimps....

all dun seem to wanna die?

so afetr days of eye straining, and pincer picking..

there seems to be no more nudis...

will wait to see if any has survived