Sps eating nudibranch's - What did you do??

[AllAboutThatWrasse]

I noticed them on some sps colonies and frags of mine today in my 750. Definitely a bummer. I've been slowly moving coral from my original 55gal to my Red Sea 750, which was started with dry rock and new substrate. I have made sure to dip and inspect everything as I've moved coral into the big tank. For shots and giggles I've added no new livestock from out of house into my 750 or my 55 since about the end of July. I never have seen any nudis in my 55 but have always had a wrasse or two in the tank. Im really starting to wonder if the wrasse was able to keep them at bay, since I never saw any or had any issues with bleaching on some of my large acros,digis,and montis. Until today my wrasse has remained in my 55, so there hasn't been a predator in my 750 known to eat them

So I wanted to post and ask fellow reefers what they did when they had an outbreak of these sps eaters. Any info on your experience would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

 

[kireek]

Those look like Montipora eating nudibranchs to me.You will have to do an extensive amount of dipping every three days in order to eliminate them.I would highly recommend using a quarantine tank during the long process.

 

[kireek]

Here are some threads you may want to check out;

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/m...anches-a-cautionary-tale.269042/#post-3221062

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/advice-fighting-montipora-eating-nudibranches.204751/#post-2342078

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/how-do-you-get-rid-of-montipora-eating-nudis.68861/#post-760443

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/montipora-eating-nudibranchs.296616/#post-3626423


I apologize that it is a lot of information and opinions to take in all at once.These will give you an idea though of what you are dealing with.Best of luck!

 

[GeoffSLC]

I bought a Halichoeres (sp?) wrasse. It eats bristle worms, zoa eating nudi's, flatworms, you name it! He's been awesome!

 

[Ashish Patel]

Monti eating nudibranch! How many Monti frags do you have? They effect only montipora species not all SPS. If its just a few Id remove them and put them in a QT and dip until they are gone. If you just have a few inexpensive frags I would just trash them since it looks like you have alot of them. These are considered to be more difficult to eradicate but I would recommend removing their food source by running monti-less for 2-3 months.