DICKIE CURSE......THE NUDI ATTACK

EDGRAY

EDGRAY

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HI everyone well today like a normal day i was looking at my nice colorful coral so i found out that my baby orange shroom was attaching it self to a big piece were mommy orange shroom was and the baby used to be in a small piece of LR so i was like you can attach there i need to trade you and mommy wont let you get enough light (mommy is really big getting bigger everday almost like tennis ball size in diameter) anyways so i was teasing the baby orange shroom so it unattach of the piece of live rock so it did and then it was floating on the tank but finally rested beside my brown purplelish colony of zoos and guess what ??? a nudibranch i was like oooooohhhhh no it cant be so i suck it with the baster and put it on a plate and was confirmed a nudi and then i took a really close look into the place were i found him and eggs oooohhhh noooo so i suck the buggers and know im really really concern about that cause i dont want to loose my pretty zoos so any advice dickie and anyways so know the baby shroom is resting in a small glass with a piece of LR that seems to be attaching already so at the same time JENNIE I THINK IM OUT OF THE FRAG SWAP I DONT WANT THAT A NUDI GETS IN OTHER REEFER TANK SO I GUESS IM OUT OF THE SWAP :anxious :anxious :cryinga: ..... So dickie you are more than welcome for any advice of what should i do ...... so far only 1 nudi and eggs...... i think im starting to get sick of reef world ...... 1st. The attack of ICK and now The attack of Nudi ........ whats next The attack of flatworms....gosh.....Let everyone in this hobby get the idea of all the headache that they are gonna have in the reef world......

i forgot to say HELP!!!!!!! S.O.S ...... HELP!!!!!
 
Dickie52

Dickie52

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Ed,

Soooooo sorry to hear you have visitors.....

My best weapon so far has been a rigid tube hooked to air line tubing. I start the suction and then go looking for the little basterds! Look for closed zoos, that is the first sign that they are present. Another trick I have used is to check early in the morning when all the zoos are closed and you can inspect the colony much better.

The good news from what I can tell, is I don't think they kill the zoos, if you keep after them. The 6.6 Bookshelf nano, where I have been having them is still doing good and it doesn't look like I have lost any zoos.

The bad news is, I still suck out one here and there, even after this long running battle.

I wish you the best of luck and be sure you will soon know every zoo polyp, on a first name basis...... :razz:
 
EDGRAY

EDGRAY

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Thx brando .....im gonna bread hard and keep on fighting...

Dickie ohh thx im already sucking does things out of my tank but i know for sure this is not a easy battle but ill do my best. just a note i never check on the colony that i found the nudi cause they were all the time open except for a tiny part but thats the spot of my cleaner shrimp so i thought that was cause of him that the polyps didnt open so i guess i was wrong but anyways ....

HERE IS SOMETHING REALLY HELPFUL TO KILL ANY PARASITES OR FUNGUS.....SUGGESTED AND LINKED BY THE BIG HELP OF JESSE ...REEFMAN....THX PAL for helping me with this one.

Hey ed...

This may or may not work for you...he says it kills fungi, flatworms, and nudis but not their eggs...

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showt ... did=451720

I have heard of this same dip before, so it is legitament.

Jesse


So here you go dickie that might help you too i'll do the dip on monday cause personal reasons and will keep everyone posted of how it went..... but in the link there is alot of positive feedback so im not affraid to do it.
 
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reefman23

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No prob Ed. I would suggest this dip...or a similar Logul's dip...everytime you add a new zoanthid colony to a tank. Its an easy way to keep from introducing any unwanted things such as fungi or FW, especially if you add a little bit of Flatworm Exit to the dip.

Jesse
 
skipm

skipm

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Any diea how long it takes for the eggs to hatch? With that information you could dip the zoos and then dip them again about a day after they should have hatched to take care of any that were missed due to their still being eggs. I think this would be a good treatment regimen as long as dipping isn't too stressful on the zoos.
 
EDGRAY

EDGRAY

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Great idea skipm.... maybe dickie knows when they hatch.... and well i havent done the dip yet so ill do it soon ill do it on thursday and then when im all settle in my new place.....
 
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Anonymous

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hey ed do you have a small tank to throw the infected colony in? you could dip it quarentine it in a seperat tank so if any eggs hatch they don't spread and then redip the coral before reintroducing it to your tank?
also do you know where the infected colony came from?
 
EDGRAY

EDGRAY

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No i dont have any quarantine tank and the colony were they appeard has been in my tank since the start but i all my colonies look open except that side but i thought was cleaner shrimp foult cause he was in same spot always but since the catch of my nudi i havent seen another one still looking for them though and well like i said im gonna dip all my zoos and polyps colonies on thursday and then another deep when i get to my new place ............
 
Dickie52

Dickie52

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Ed,
Don't get crazy with the dip!!! Zoos don't like to be moved, it will be like you just put them in and will take months to be back to growing and being happy. Just keep your eyes peeled for any nudi and get them!
 
EDGRAY

EDGRAY

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ok then..... then ill just do a deep after i move that is gonna be in 1-2 weeks not sure yet
so when i move ill give them another week to get destress and then ill do the dip.... how that sounds dickie
 
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