Alveopora eating Nudibranch

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Found these Nudi's in my frag tank during an early morning check before the lights went on. Just sharing pictures. Seemed to be confined to this single Alveopora. To the best of my knowledge this frag is aquaculture from a local farm so a bit surprised this particular frag was heavily infected.

DipX took care of the adults and juvies, took care of eggs with H2O2.

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Found these Nudi's in my frag tank during an early morning check before the lights went on. Just sharing pictures. Seemed to be confined to this single Alveopora. To the best of my knowledge this frag is aquaculture from a local farm so a bit surprised this particular frag was heavily infected.

DipX took care of the adults and juvies, took care of eggs with H2O2.

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They look like berghia nudibranch, which are actually desirable. Did they look like this https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/berghia-nudibranchs-for-the-dreaded-aiptasia-anemone.365/
 
They look like berghia nudibranch, which are actually desirable. Did they look like this https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/berghia-nudibranchs-for-the-dreaded-aiptasia-anemone.365/

They were not Berghia. They looked nearly identical to Montipora eating Nudibranches. Also You can clearly see the damage caused on the Alveopora where they laid the eggs. This is without doubt a Alveopora eating species. Through dipping I removed roughly 10 adults and a bunch of babies.
 

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