Nudis

[clowns101]

So,I now have a ton,I mean a ton of these little Nudibrachs in my tank,they are taking over,and they do absolutly nothing for the tank,I want them out.

How do I go about removing them?Is it safe to touch them?

Ive posted this pic before,here it is again:

 

[Alpha Aquaculture]

Oh I bet they are doing something in your tank. They have to be eating something if they are spreading so fast. What is the question.

I bet a freshwater dip would remove them. Maybe a fish?

 

[clowns101]

I have no idea what they are eating,I just found like 7-8 in the little corner of my 125,thats not the rest of the tank,they produce very odd to,they spead out to about the size of a dime,and change colors and they will "crawl" adise eachother and do the act of production.

What type of fish can I use,I have no sand bed,some some wrasses are a no,no!

Thanks!

 

[skinz78]

I think I have seen them before and they are algae eaters.

 

[clowns101]

What type do they eat?

 

[skinz78]

I am not sure, the tank they were in was a seagrass type tank and he had many different types. I do remember they didn't last long

 

[clowns101]

I have vvery little alage,and these guys dont even go near it.I dont know,I want my tank to be safe....

 

[skinz78]

How many do you think you have?

Have you tried manual removal?

 

[clowns101]

Im not going to lie,I bet there is 2-300 of them in the tank.

I have tried manual removal,and Im doing that as i go between post,and PM's and I honestly dont think I will get them all that way.

 

[Alpha Aquaculture]

its gonna be like fighting flatworms. dip everything in something they don't like and hope you got em all. and hope all your livestock can handle the dip. but first you must figure out what it is eating, looks similar to the lettuce nudi, got a better pic?

 

[skinz78]

WOW that is a lot, I would try to remove as many as you can and then think about the flatworm exit...

 

[clowns101]

I dont have the macro lens here and I dont have extension tubes on me yet.ASAIG the extension tubes,i will take a picture and send them to you!

 

[Alpha Aquaculture]

Oh man I was gonna help but there is soooo many nudi's to look through, so many! lol

Nudibranch Scientific Classification Nudi Pixel

got a link for you at least!

 

[clowns101]

OMG...that will take me days to look through...haha!Thanks though!

 

[Paul_N]

Put a yellow wrasse in and just stick a small container of sand in the tank for him to sleep in. When he is done eating them and if you want him out you just have to lift the container of sand out at night. I have one in my tank and besides aiptasia have never had any pest problem in six years.

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[clowns101]

Really,a yellow corris wrasse?

 

[Paul_N]

Yep, although there is no such thing as a yellow coris....lol

"Halichoeres chrysus Randall 1981 (1), is a fish of two "good" and one bad common name. It should be called the Golden or Canary Wrasse for its bright bold sun-yellow color, but is most often listed as the Yellow Coris Wrasse (Arggghhh!, it is not a Coris genus member of course). This is an exemplary aquarium species that is suitable for peaceful fish-only and reef systems. To a mere 4 inches or so total length. Aquarium juv. (and adult below) & S. Sulawesi photos. Eastern Indian Ocean distribution."

 

[skinz78]

I think I may have found which family your nudi is in but I am having issues deciding which it is.

Plakobranchidae
Family: Plakobranchidae Nudibranch Species List for Identification Nudi Pixel

 

[skinz78]

Maybe this one?

Plakobranchus sp. from Perhentian, Malaysia Nudi Pixel

 

[clowns101]

mine dont have that blue color on them at all.close though.