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Berghia Nudibranch
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I could not find any local, ended up buying 5 from http://www.saltyunderground.com for my 28g nano. They completely eradicated my aptasia problem.
Just found this on a sponsor's site, although they're a bit more $
http://www.piecesoftheocean.com/collections/sale/products/berghia-nudibranchs
http://www.piecesoftheocean.com/collections/sale/products/berghia-nudibranchs
arvin
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I have about hundred or so in a 60gallon tank. Tried boiling water/lemon joice/kalk paste etc at various times. Because there are so many none of these methods were effective. Couple of months ago, I took the rocks apart, soaked them in lemon joice concentrate for few minutes, rinsed and put them bank in the tank. It killed some but not all. They all eventually came back. It appears that lot of people having success with Nudis. I am thinking of doing that exercise one more time and then add some Nudis and see if it takes care of it.
Brando, 5 nudis in a 28g - how many days did it take?
Brando, 5 nudis in a 28g - how many days did it take?
Have you tried peppermint shrimp?
I did get some reasonable sounding advice about Peppermint shrimp.
Get one or two peppermint shrimp, a small rock with aptasia, a plastic 'cage' (like a berry container or such).
Place rock on sandbed.
Cover rock with cage.
Place shrimp in Thunderdome.
Eventually shrimp will eat the aptasia.
Release shrimp to wreak havok.
Get one or two peppermint shrimp, a small rock with aptasia, a plastic 'cage' (like a berry container or such).
Place rock on sandbed.
Cover rock with cage.
Place shrimp in Thunderdome.
Eventually shrimp will eat the aptasia.
Release shrimp to wreak havok.
thunderdome...lmao.
Anyways if you're patient enough arvind, for every aip that appears, put a frag on it...cover it with epoxy. Epoxy doesn't add any bioload, doesn't beg for more food, and it is relatively inexpensive (while being useful mounting frags). Although i would love to see thunderdome in action lol.
Anyways if you're patient enough arvind, for every aip that appears, put a frag on it...cover it with epoxy. Epoxy doesn't add any bioload, doesn't beg for more food, and it is relatively inexpensive (while being useful mounting frags). Although i would love to see thunderdome in action lol.
I just stopped by Absolutely Fish in Clifton the other day for the first time. Went there specifically for the berghias. They had 3 of them, tiniest things I've ever seen. Seriously looks like a copepod on steroids.. or maybe just a slightly longer copepod. Smaller than a tigerpod (I think that's what the long ones are called). 2 of them were floatimg at the top of the water, i thought the were specs of dust but he said they were berghias, and alive. Anyhow, they are $20 each. Twenty dollars each. Two Zero.. each. Needless to say I passed on those and was pretty disappointed.. until I stumbled across a copperband butterfly that was actively hunting the rocks. Asked the guy to drop some mysis in and he started eating it up. These guys are also known very well for eating aiptasia, and being reef safe. And not so well know to be eating well and displaying hunting behavior, especially at the lfs. I scooped him up and drove him home and he's been plucking baby aiptasia from the sand, bristleworm from the rocks and frozen thawed mysis. Feel like I I found a gem. Hasn't bothered any coral, and I have a lot of LPS and softies in my 150. Hope he starts chowing down on the big aiptasia soon.